Where does “desch” come from?

desch (Romansch) comes from Middle Low German disch, from Old Saxon disk, from Proto-West Germanic disk, 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.

desch (Romansch): ten

Definitions

  1. ten

Ancestry of “desch”, step by step

desch traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German disch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germandisch—
2Old Saxondiskplate
3Proto-West Germanicdiskdish
4Latindiscusa discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;...
5Proto-Italicdiskōlearn
6Proto-Italicdikskō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandi-dḱ-ské-ti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandeḱ-take; perceive

via Latin decem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindecemten; 10
2Latin-nus-an
3Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via Medieval Latin desca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latindesca—
2Old Italiandesco—

Words derived from “desch”

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