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Where does “tasku” come from?

tasku (Finnish) comes 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, from Ancient Greek δεκάς.

tasku (Finnish): pocket

Definitions

  1. pocket

Ancestry of “tasku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishtaska—
2Proto-Germanictaskǭbag, purse; pouch, pocket
3Proto-Indo-Europeandas-—
4Translingualda—
5Englishdeca-Greek number...
6Frenchdéca-deca-
7Latindecās—
8Ancient Greekδεκάςthe number ten; a group of ten, decade
9Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
10Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
11Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
12Hungarianönyou
13Hungarianön-self-
14Turkishönfront
15Ottoman Turkishاوك—

Words derived from “tasku”

  • koristetasku
  • pyörätasku
  • aavikkotasku
  • kivitasku
  • povitasku
  • kellotasku
  • housuntasku
  • taskuraha
  • taskulaskin
  • taskubiljardi
  • rintatasku
  • taskumatti
  • aavikkotaskurotta
  • kanariantasku
  • taskukello
  • taskunauris
  • luolataskurapu
  • taskurapu
  • valetasku
  • nicaraguantaskurotta
  • sisätasku
  • taskurotta
  • kengurutasku
  • taskuveitsi
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