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Where does “Dësch” come from?

Dësch (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German disc, from Proto-Germanic disk, from Latin discus, from Proto-Italic diskō, from Proto-Italic dikskō, from Proto-Indo-European di-dḱ-ské-ti, from Proto-Indo-European deḱ- — take; perceive.

Dësch (Luxembourgish): table

Definitions

  1. table

Ancestry of “Dësch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germandisc—
2Proto-Germanicdisk—
3Latindiscusa discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;...
4Proto-Italicdiskōlearn
5Proto-Italicdikskō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandi-dḱ-ské-ti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandeḱ-take; perceive

Words derived from “Dësch”

  • Dëschtennis
  • Dëschelduch
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