Where does “Disch” come from?

Disch (Pennsylvania German) comes from Old Saxon disc, from Latin discus, from Proto-Italic diskō, from Proto-Italic dikskō, from Proto-Indo-European di-dḱ-ské-ti, from Proto-Indo-European deḱ- — take; perceive.

Disch (Pennsylvania German): table

Definitions

  1. table

Ancestry of “Disch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old SaxondiscAlternative spelling of disk
2Latindiscusa discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;...
3Proto-Italicdiskōlearn
4Proto-Italicdikskō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandi-dḱ-ské-ti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeḱ-take; perceive

Words derived from “Disch”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European di-dḱ-ské-ti →Every word from Proto-Italic dikskō →