An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/hauen

by Friedrich Kluge

hauen, verb ‘to hew, chop, carve,’ from Middle High German houwen, Old High German houwan (Middle High German houwen, Old High German houwôn), ‘to hew’; compare Old Saxon hauvan, Anglo-Saxon heáwan, English to hew, Old Icelandic hǫggva; Gothic *haggwan, a reduplicated verb, is wanting; Teutonic hauw, haw, from pre-Teutonic kow; not allied to κόπτω, but to Old Slovenian kovą, kovati, ‘to forge,’ Lithuanian káuju (káuti), ‘to strike, forge,’ kovà, ‘combat.’ Compare Hacke, Heu, Hieb. —