Where does “Aktentasche” come from?
Aktentasche (German) 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- — self-.
Aktentasche (German): briefcase
Definitions
- briefcase
Ancestry of “Aktentasche”, step by step
Aktentasche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German tasche
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | tasche | bag |
| 2 | Italian | tasca | |
| 3 | Latin | tasca | — |
| 4 | Frankish | taska | pouch |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | taskǭ | bag, purse; pouch, pocket |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | das- | — |
| 7 | Translingual | da | — |
| 8 | English | deca- | Greek number... |
| 9 | French | déca- | deca- |
| 10 | Latin | decās | a decade (period of ten years) |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | δεκάς | the number ten; a group of ten, decade |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 14 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 15 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 16 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
via German Akte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Akte | file |
| 2 | Latin | ācta | acts, transactions, or proceedings (e.g., of an organization, in an academic field, of an office holder) |
| 3 | Latin | agō | to act, to behave |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |