Where does “tas” come from?

tas (Middle English) comes from Old French tas, from Frankish tas, from Proto-Germanic tassaz, from Proto-Indo-European dāy- — to divide, split, section, part, separate; to...

tas (Middle English): heap

Definitions

  1. heap

Ancestry of “tas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtasheap, mass
2Frankishtasmass, pile
3Proto-Germanictassazheap, mass; heap, mow; heap, mow, stack
4Proto-Indo-Europeandāy-to divide, split, section, part, separate; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dāy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tassaz →Every word from Frankish tas →