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

  1. duty; obligation

Ancestry of “tasche”, step by step

tasche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Frankish taska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishtaskapouch
2Proto-Germanictaskǭbag, purse; pouch, pocket
3Proto-Indo-Europeandas-—
4Translingualda—
5Englishdeca-Greek number...
6Frenchdéca-deca-
7Latindecāsa decade (period of ten years)
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 Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound

via Medieval Latin tasca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latintasca—
2Latintaxasecond-person singular present active imperative...
3Latintaxāre—
4LatinTaxusyew
5Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
6Spanish-scopio-scope
7Latin-scopium—
8Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
9Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
10Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
11Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
13Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “tasche”

Every word from Ottoman Turkish اوك →Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς →Every word from English deca- →