Where does “Taschenratte” come from?

Taschenratte (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-.

Taschenratte (German): pocket gopher

Definitions

  1. pocket gopher

Ancestry of “Taschenratte”, step by step

Taschenratte 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 Ratte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRatterat
2Middle High Germanratte
3Old High Germanratorat
4Proto-Germanicratō
5Proto-Germanicrattazrat
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
Every word from Hungarian ön-