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Where does “Täschendéif” come from?

Täschendéif (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Täsch, from Middle High German tesche, from Old High German tasca, from Italian tasca, from Latin tasca, from Frankish taska, from Proto-Germanic taskǭ, from Proto-Indo-European das- — Used to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used...

Täschendéif (Luxembourgish): pickpocket

Definitions

  1. pickpocket

Ancestry of “Täschendéif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishTäschpocket
2Middle High Germantesche—
3Old High Germantascapouch
4Italiantascapocket
5Latintasca—
6Frankishtaskapouch
7Proto-Germanictaskǭbag, purse; pouch, pocket
8Proto-Indo-Europeandas-—
9Translingualda—
10Englishdeca-Greek number...
11Frenchdéca-deca-
12Latindecās—
13Ancient Greekδεκάςthe number ten; a group of ten, decade
14Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
15Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
16Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
17Hungarian-tUsed to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used...
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