Where does “dassiepis” come from?

dassiepis (English) comes from Afrikaans dassiepis, from Afrikaans dassie, from Afrikaans das, from Dutch das, from Middle Dutch das, from Old Dutch thas, from Proto-West Germanic þahs, from Proto-Germanic þahsuz — to sire, beget.

dassiepis (English): hyraceum: the solidified urine of a dassie, used in folk medicine to treat epilepsy

Definitions

  1. hyraceum: the solidified urine of a dassie, used in folk medicine to treat epilepsy

Ancestry of “dassiepis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansdassiepisdassiepis, hyraceum
2Afrikaansdassierock hyrax, dassie
3Afrikaansdasbadger; hyrax; tie, necktie
4DutchdasA badger, various species of genera "Meles" and...
5Middle Dutchdasbadger, European badger
6Old Dutchthasbadger, European badger
7Proto-West Germanicþahsbadger
8Proto-Germanicþahsuzbadger
9Proto-Indo-Europeantótḱus
10Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
11Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ-