Where does “taie” come from?

taie (French) comes from Old French teie, from Latin thēca, from Ancient Greek θήκη, from Ancient Greek τίθημι, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

taie (French): pillowcase, pillowslip; leucoma

Definitions

  1. pillowcase, pillowslip; leucoma

Ancestry of “taie”, step by step

taie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French teie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchteie—
2Latinthēcaa case, envelope, sheath
3Ancient Greekθήκηbox, chest; grave, tomb; sword sheath
4Ancient GreekτίθημιI put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish taide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaideart
2Finnishtaitaato know, master, command, have a command of, have...
3Proto-Finnictaitadakto know
4Proto-Finnictaje-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Ancient Greek τίθημι →Every word from Ancient Greek θήκη →