Where does “Taschenbuch” come from?

Taschenbuch (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-.

Taschenbuch (German): paperback

Definitions

  1. paperback

Ancestry of “Taschenbuch”, step by step

Taschenbuch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German tasche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantaschebag
2Italiantascapocket
3Latintasca
4Frankishtaskapouch
5Proto-Germanictaskǭbag, purse; pouch, pocket
6Proto-Indo-Europeandas-
7Translingualda
8Englishdeca-Greek number...
9Frenchdéca-deca-
10Latindecāsa decade (period of ten years)
11Ancient Greekδεκάςthe number ten; a group of ten, decade
12Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
13Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
14Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
15Hungarianönyou
16Hungarianön-self-

via German būch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbūchbook collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication
2Middle High Germanbuoch
3Old High Germanbuohbook
4Proto-Germanicbōk
5Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry
Every word from Hungarian ön-Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ςEvery word from English deca-