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Where does “tassche” come from?

tassche (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch *taska, from Proto-Germanic taskǭ, from Proto-Indo-European das-, from Translingual da, from English deca-, from French déca-, from Latin decās, from Ancient Greek δεκάς.

Ancestry of “tassche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch*taska—
2Proto-Germanictaskǭbag, purse; pouch, pocket
3Proto-Indo-Europeandas-—
4Translingualda—
5Englishdeca-Greek number...
6Frenchdéca-deca-
7Latindecās—
8Ancient Greekδεκάςthe number ten; a group of ten, decade
9Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
10Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
11Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
12Hungarianönyou
13Hungarianön-self-
14Turkishönfront
15Ottoman Turkishاوك—

Words derived from “tassche”

  • toilettas
  • handtas
  • boodschappentas
  • tas
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