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Where does “das-” come from?

das- (Proto-Indo-European) comes 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, from Hungarian önt — sound, voice.

Ancestry of “das-”, step by step

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

Words derived from “das-”

  • 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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