Where does “tasa” come from?
tasa (Swahili) comes from Arabic طَاس, from Persian تست, from English Test, from German testen, from German Test, from English test, from Middle English teste, from Old French teste — to stand.
tasa (Swahili): metal bowl; a kind of gong; sterile, infertile
Definitions
- metal bowl; a kind of gong; sterile, infertile
Ancestry of “tasa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | طَاس | bowl, basin; bowl, cup |
| 2 | Persian | تست | test |
| 3 | English | Test | a Test match |
| 4 | German | testen | to test |
| 5 | German | Test | test; melting pot |
| 6 | English | test | A challenge, trial; A cupel or cupelling hearth... |
| 7 | Middle English | teste | — |
| 8 | Old French | teste | head |
| 9 | Latin | testis | witness; one who testifies or attests; testicle |
| 10 | Latin | terstis | — |
| 11 | Latin | trīstis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |