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Where does “tasca” come from?

tasca (Latin) comes from Frankish taska, from Proto-Germanic taskǭ, from Proto-Indo-European das-, from Translingual da, from English deca-, from French déca-, from Latin decās, from Ancient Greek δεκάς.

Ancestry of “tasca”, step by step

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