Where does “taška” come from?

taška (Czech) comes from German tasche, from Italian tasca, from Latin tasca, from Frankish taska, from Proto-Germanic taskǭ, from Proto-Indo-European das-, from Translingual da, from English deca- — front.

taška (Czech): bag; roof tile

Definitions

  1. bag; roof tile

Ancestry of “taška”, step by step

taška traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German tasche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantaschebag
2Italiantascapocket
3Latintasca
4Frankishtaskapouch
5Proto-Germanictaskǭbag, purse; pouch, pocket
6Proto-Indo-Europeandas-
7Translingualda
8Englishdeca-Greek number...
9Frenchdéca-deca-
10Latindecāsa decade (period of ten years)
11Ancient Greekδεκάςthe number ten; a group of ten, decade
12Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
13Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
14Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
15Hungarianönyou
16Hungarianön-self-
17Turkishönfront

via Old High German tasca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germantascapouch
2Proto-West Germanic*taskā
Every word from Turkish önEvery word from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ςEvery word from English deca-
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