Where does “tasche” come from?
tasche (Old French) comes from Frankish 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 — voice (of human or animal); sound.
tasche (Old French): duty; obligation
Definitions
- duty; obligation
Ancestry of “tasche”, step by step
tasche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Frankish taska
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frankish | taska | pouch |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | taskǭ | bag, purse; pouch, pocket |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | das- | — |
| 4 | Translingual | da | — |
| 5 | English | deca- | Greek number... |
| 6 | French | déca- | deca- |
| 7 | Latin | decās | a decade (period of ten years) |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δεκάς | the number ten; a group of ten, decade |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 11 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 12 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 13 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 14 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 15 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
via Medieval Latin tasca
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | tasca | — |
| 2 | Latin | taxa | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | taxāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 6 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 7 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |