Where does “Dëschtennis” come from?
Dëschtennis (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Dësch, 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.
Dëschtennis (Luxembourgish): table tennis
Definitions
- table tennis
Ancestry of “Dëschtennis”, step by step
Dëschtennis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Luxembourgish Dësch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | Dësch | table |
| 2 | Old High German | disc | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | disk | — |
| 4 | Latin | discus | a discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | diskō | learn |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | dikskō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | di-dḱ-ské-ti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deḱ- | take; perceive |
via Luxembourgish Tennis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | Tennis | tennis |
| 2 | French | tennis | tennis; sneaker |
| 3 | English | tennis | A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets |
| 4 | Old French | tenez | second-person plural present indicative of tenir;... |
| 5 | Old French | tenir | to possess; to have; to hold |
| 6 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |