Where does “tasse” come from?
tasse (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.
Ancestry of “tasse”, step by step
tasse 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 tassa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | tassa | — |
| 2 | Arabic | طَاس | bowl, basin; bowl, cup |
| 3 | Persian | تست | test |
| 4 | English | Test | a Test match |
| 5 | German | testen | to test |
| 6 | German | Test | test; melting pot |
| 7 | English | test | A challenge, trial; A cupel or cupelling hearth... |
| 8 | Middle English | teste | — |
| 9 | Old French | teste | head |
| 10 | Latin | testis | witness; one who testifies or attests; testicle |
| 11 | Latin | terstis | — |
| 12 | Latin | trīstis | sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |