Where does “طَاس” come from?

طَاس (Arabic) comes from Persian تست, from English Test, from German testen, from German Test, from English test, from Middle English teste, from Old French teste, from Latin testis — to stand.

طَاس (Arabic): bowl, basin; bowl, cup

Definitions

  1. bowl, basin; bowl, cup

Ancestry of “طَاس”, step by step

طَاس traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian تست

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianتستtest
2EnglishTesta Test match
3Germantestento test
4GermanTesttest; melting pot
5EnglishtestA challenge, trial; A cupel or cupelling hearth...
6Middle Englishteste
7Old Frenchtestehead
8Latintestiswitness; one who testifies or attests; testicle
9Latinterstis
10Latintrīstissad, unhappy, melancholy, morose
11Proto-Indo-Europeantristh₂sa third party standing, after the two parties to...
12Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via Middle Persian tšt'

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persiantšt'bowl
2Proto-Iraniantaš-to make, construct; to cut
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*tā́ćšti
4Proto-Indo-European*tḗtḱ-ti ~ *tétḱ-n̥ti
5Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
6Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “طَاس

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tristh₂sEvery word from Latin trīstis