Where does “Taschentuch” come from?

Taschentuch (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-.

Taschentuch (German): handkerchief; tissue; paper handkerchief

Definitions

  1. handkerchief; tissue; paper handkerchief

Ancestry of “Taschentuch”, step by step

Taschentuch 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 tǖch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantǖchcloth; piece of fabric or tissue of any kind: scarf, kerchief, blanket, towel, etc
2Middle High Germantuoch—
3Old High Germantuoh—
4Proto-West Germanicdōkcloth, rag
5Proto-Germanicdōkazcloth, rag
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwōg-—

Words derived from “Taschentuch”

Every word from Hungarian ön- →Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς →Every word from English deca- →