Where does “Schreibtischfläche” come from?

Schreibtischfläche (German) comes from German Schreibtisch, 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 — take; perceive.

Schreibtischfläche (German): desktop

Definitions

  1. desktop

Ancestry of “Schreibtischfläche”, step by step

Schreibtischfläche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Schreibtisch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchreibtischdesk
2Germantischtable a piece of furniture with a relatively deep surface at roughly waist or knee level; specific uses include
3Middle High Germantisch
4Old High Germantiscplate
5Proto-West Germanicdiskdish
6Latindiscusa discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;...
7Proto-Italicdiskōlearn
8Proto-Italicdikskō
9Proto-Indo-Europeandi-dḱ-ské-ti
10Proto-Indo-Europeandeḱ-take; perceive

via German fläche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanflächesurface
2Middle High Germanvleche
3Old High Germanflahflat, smooth
4Proto-West Germanic*flak
5Proto-Germanicflakazflat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥kehflat surface
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European di-dḱ-ské-tiEvery word from Proto-Italic dikskō