Where does “beştaş” come from?
beştaş (Turkish) comes from Turkish taş, from Ottoman Turkish طاش, from French tache, from Old French tasche, from Medieval Latin tasca, from Latin taxa, from Latin taxāre, from Latin Taxus — to see, to look, to observe.
beştaş (Turkish): A game played with five small stones
Definitions
- A game played with five small stones
Ancestry of “beştaş”, step by step
beştaş traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish taş
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | taş | stone; rock; stone, gem; second-person singular... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | طاش | stone, rock |
| 3 | French | tache | blot, stain or smear; spot; more or less... |
| 4 | Old French | tasche | duty; obligation |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | tasca | — |
| 6 | Latin | taxa | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 7 | Latin | taxāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 10 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 11 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 15 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |