Where does “datle” come from?
datle (Czech) comes from Old Czech datel, from Middle High German datel, from Italian dattilo, from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος, from Hebrew דקל, from German Dackel, from German Dachshund — to sire, beget.
datle (Czech): a date; vocative singular of datel; present...
Definitions
- a date; vocative singular of datel; present...
Ancestry of “datle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Czech | datel | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | datel | — |
| 3 | Italian | dattilo | dactyl |
| 4 | Latin | dactylus | a sort of muscle; a kind of grape; a sort of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δάκτυλος | finger; measure of length, the breadth of a... |
| 6 | Hebrew | דקל | palm tree; date; dachshund |
| 7 | German | Dackel | dachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset... |
| 8 | German | Dachshund | dachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset... |
| 9 | German | Dachs | badger; genitive singular of Dach |
| 10 | Old High German | dahs | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | þahs | badger |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | þahsuz | badger |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | tótḱus | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | tetḱ- | to create, produce; to cut, hew |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |