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Where does “þahsuz” come from?

þahsuz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European tótḱus, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

þahsuz (Proto-Germanic): badger

Definitions

  1. badger

Ancestry of “þahsuz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantótḱus—
2Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
3Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “þahsuz”

  • taste
  • tasting
  • distasteful
  • distaste
  • tasty
  • tasteless
  • tasteful
  • tastefully
  • taster
  • aftertaste
  • dachshund
  • distastefully
  • tastelessness
  • tastily
  • tastefulness
  • tastiness
  • tastelessly
  • tatonnement
  • distastefulness
  • tasteth
  • tastemaker
  • dassie
  • winetasting
  • nontaster
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