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Where does “Tasche” come from?

Tasche (German) comes from Middle High German tasche, from Old High German taska, from Proto-Germanic taskǭ, from Proto-Indo-European das-, from Translingual da, from English deca-, from French déca-, from Latin decās — front.

Tasche (German): bag; pocket

Definitions

  1. bag; pocket

Ancestry of “Tasche”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Tasche”

  • sabretache
  • sabre-tache
  • Taschenwörterbuch
  • Taschenrechner
  • Schultertasche
  • Aktentasche
  • Taschenlampe
  • Taschentuch
  • Taschenbuch
  • Taschenmesser
  • Säbeltasche
  • Taschengeld
  • Taschendieb
  • Handtäschchen
  • Handtasche
  • tasza
  • tasznik
  • tašlin
  • taška
  • tašna
  • ташна
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