Where does “tacka för det” come from?

tacka för det (Swedish) comes from Swedish täcka, from Polish taca, from German Tasse, from French tasse, from Middle French tasse, from Arabic طَاس, from Persian تست, from English Test — a third party standing, after the two parties to...

Ancestry of “tacka för det”, step by step

tacka för det traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish täcka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtäckato cover; to place something over; to cover; to...
2Polishtacatray, salver
3GermanTassecup with a handle
4Frenchtassecup; cupful
5Middle Frenchtasse
6Arabicطَاسbowl, basin; bowl, cup
7Persianتستtest
8EnglishTesta Test match
9Germantestento test
10GermanTesttest; melting pot
11EnglishtestA challenge, trial; A cupel or cupelling hearth...
12Middle Englishteste
13Old Frenchtestehead
14Latintestiswitness; one who testifies or attests; testicle
15Latinterstis
16Latintrīstissad, unhappy, melancholy, morose
17Proto-Indo-Europeantristh₂sa third party standing, after the two parties to...

via Swedish för

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishförtoo; To an excessive degree; because; bow; the...
2Swedishbuda message (also budskap)
3Swedishgivarea giver; a giver, a donor; a sensor
4Swedishgivaa portion of fodder; the amount of fodder given...
5Old Swedishgivato give
6Old Norsegefato give something; to give someone something
7Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

via Swedish det

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishdetIt; third-person singular, referring to nouns of...
2Old Swedishþætit; that
3Old Norseþatit; that
4Proto-Germanicþatnominative/accusative singular neuter of *sa
5Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
6Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
7Proto-Indo-Europeanthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tristh₂sEvery word from Latin trīstisEvery word from Latin terstis