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Where does “Ramschtisch” come from?

Ramschtisch (German) comes from German tisch, from Middle High German tisch, from Old High German tisc, from Proto-West Germanic disk, from Latin discus, from Proto-Italic diskō, from Proto-Italic dikskō, from Proto-Indo-European di-dḱ-ské-ti — take; perceive.

Ramschtisch (German): bargain table, a table at a shopping mall or a...

Definitions

  1. bargain table, a table at a shopping mall or a...

Ancestry of “Ramschtisch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantisch—
2Middle High Germantisch—
3Old High Germantiscplate
4Proto-West Germanicdiskdish
5Latindiscusa discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;...
6Proto-Italicdiskōlearn
7Proto-Italicdikskō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandi-dḱ-ské-ti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeandeḱ-take; perceive
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