Where does “koristetasku” come from?
koristetasku (Finnish) comes from Finnish tasku, from Old Swedish taska, from Proto-Germanic taskǭ, from Proto-Indo-European das-, from Translingual da, from English deca-, from French déca-, from Latin decās — front.
koristetasku (Finnish): decorative pocket, fake pocket, false pocket
Definitions
- decorative pocket, fake pocket, false pocket
Ancestry of “koristetasku”, step by step
koristetasku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tasku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tasku | |
| 2 | Old Swedish | taska | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | taskǭ | bag, purse; pouch, pocket |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | das- | — |
| 5 | Translingual | da | — |
| 6 | English | deca- | Greek number... |
| 7 | French | déca- | deca- |
| 8 | Latin | decās | a decade (period of ten years) |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | δεκάς | the number ten; a group of ten, decade |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 12 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 13 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 14 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 15 | Turkish | ön | front |
via Finnish koriste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koriste | decoration, ornament |
| 2 | Finnish | koristaa | To decorate, to adorn, to embellish; To festoon;... |
| 3 | Finnish | korea | beautiful, decorated; Korean; chorea |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | χορεία | dance, especially choral dance with music; any... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -είᾱ | Superficially appears in abstract nouns derived from σ-stem adjectives, with the true suffix being |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |