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Where does “tasche” come from?

tasche (German) comes from Italian tasca, from Latin tasca, from Frankish taska, from Proto-Germanic taskǭ, from Proto-Indo-European das-, from Translingual da, from English deca-, from French déca- — front.

Ancestry of “tasche”, step by step

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