Where does “Tasse” come from?
Tasse (German) comes from French tasse, from Middle French tasse, from Arabic طَاس, from Persian تست, from English Test, from German testen, from German Test, from English test — to stand.
Tasse (German): cup with a handle
Definitions
- cup with a handle
Ancestry of “Tasse”, step by step
Tasse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French tasse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tasse | cup; cupful |
| 2 | Middle French | tasse | — |
| 3 | Arabic | طَاس | bowl, basin; bowl, cup |
| 4 | Persian | تست | test |
| 5 | English | Test | a Test match |
| 6 | German | testen | to test |
| 7 | German | Test | test; melting pot |
| 8 | English | test | A challenge, trial; A cupel or cupelling hearth... |
| 9 | Middle English | teste | — |
| 10 | Old French | teste | head |
| 11 | Latin | testis | witness; one who testifies or attests; testicle |
| 12 | Latin | terstis | — |
| 13 | Latin | trīstis | sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
via Old French tasse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | tasse | — |
| 2 | Frankish | taska | pouch |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | taskǭ | bag, purse; pouch, pocket |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | das- | — |
| 5 | Translingual | da | — |
| 6 | English | deca- | Greek number... |
| 7 | French | déca- | deca- |
| 8 | Latin | decās | a decade (period of ten years) |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | δεκάς | the number ten; a group of ten, decade |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 12 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 13 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 14 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 15 | Turkish | ön | front |