Where does “Taschenlampe” come from?
Taschenlampe (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- — sound, voice.
Taschenlampe (German): A torch, a flashlight: a portable electric light...
Definitions
- A torch, a flashlight: a portable electric light...
Ancestry of “Taschenlampe”, step by step
Taschenlampe 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- |
| 17 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 18 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 19 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via German lampe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | lampe | lamp, light piece of furniture, or fixture mounted on a wall or ceiling, holding one or more electric light sockets |
| 2 | French | lampe | lamp, light; bulb; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Middle French | lampe | lamp |
| 4 | Old French | lampe | lamp |
| 5 | Late Latin | lampada | Alternative form of lampas; lamp |
| 6 | Latin | lampas | lamp, lantern; torch, flambeau; firebrand |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λαμπάς | torch, wax-light; lamp |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λάμπω | to shine, be bright, give light; to be loud,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | κτείς | comb; rake; horn of a lyre |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *pḱtḗn | comb |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | peḱ- | to pluck; livestock; wealth |