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

Täschendéif traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Täsch

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-
12Latindecāsa decade (period of ten years)
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...

via Luxembourgish Déif

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishDéifthief
2Old High Germanthiof
3Proto-Germanicþeubazthief
4Proto-Indo-Europeantewpó-
Every word from Hungarian -tEvery word from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ςEvery word from English deca-