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Where does “taskǭ” come from?

taskǭ (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European das-, from Translingual da, from English deca-, from French déca-, from Latin decās, from Ancient Greek δεκάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts — sound, voice.

taskǭ (Proto-Germanic): bag, purse; pouch, pocket

Definitions

  1. bag, purse; pouch, pocket

Ancestry of “taskǭ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandas-—
2Translingualda—
3Englishdeca-Greek number...
4Frenchdéca-deca-
5Latindecās—
6Ancient Greekδεκάςthe number ten; a group of ten, decade
7Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
8Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
9Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
10Hungarianönyou
11Hungarianön-self-
12Turkishönfront
13Ottoman Turkishاوك—
14Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

Words derived from “taskǭ”

  • tasse
  • sabretache
  • hamantaschen
  • tascata
  • tasca
  • tascabile
  • rintascare
  • intascare
  • sabre-tache
  • Säbeltasche
  • Taschengeld
  • Taschendieb
  • Taschenwörterbuch
  • Aktentasche
  • Tasche
  • Schultertasche
  • Taschenbuch
  • Taschenrechner
  • Taschenlampe
  • Taschentuch
  • Taschenmesser
  • Handtäschchen
  • Handtasche
  • aavikkotasku
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