Where does “tasse” come from?
tasse (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch tas, from Proto-Germanic tassaz, from Proto-Indo-European dāy- — to divide, split, section, part, separate; to...
tasse (Middle Dutch): heap, pile
Ancestry of “tasse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Dutch | tas | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | tassaz | heap, mass; heap, mow; heap, mow, stack |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dāy- | to divide, split, section, part, separate; to... |