Where does “Task” come from?
Task (Low German) comes from Middle Low German tasche, from Old Saxon taska, from Proto-West Germanic *taskā, from Proto-Germanic taskǭ, from Proto-Indo-European das-, from Translingual da, from English deca-, from French déca- — front.
Task (Low German): bag; purse; pouch
Definitions
- bag; purse; pouch
Ancestry of “Task”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | tasche | bag, pouch |
| 2 | Old Saxon | taska | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *taskā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | taskǭ | bag, purse; pouch, pocket |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | das- | — |
| 6 | Translingual | da | — |
| 7 | English | deca- | Greek number... |
| 8 | French | déca- | deca- |
| 9 | Latin | decās | a decade (period of ten years) |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | δεκάς | the number ten; a group of ten, decade |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 13 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 14 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 15 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 16 | Turkish | ön | front |