Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taskǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *das-, *des- (“to fray, exhaust, get tired, faint, unravel”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑs.kɔ̃ː/

Noun

*taskǭ f

bag, purse
pouch, pocket

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *taskǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*taskǭ	*taskōniz
vocative	*taskǭ	*taskōniz
accusative	*taskōnų	*taskōnunz
genitive	*taskōniz	*taskōnǫ̂
dative	*taskōni	*taskōmaz
instrumental	*taskōnē	*taskōmiz

Related terms

*tasōną

Descendants

Old Saxon: *taska
- Middle Low German: tasche
  - German Low German: Taske, Task
Old Frankish: *taska
- Old Dutch: *taska
  - Middle Dutch: tasche, tesche, tassche, tessche
    - Dutch: tas
- Late Latin: tasca, tascha
  - Old French: tasche; tachette, tassette
    - Middle English: tache, tasse
      - English: tasse; tasset
  - Italian: tasca
    - Old High German: tasca, taska
      - Middle High German: tasche
        German: Tasche
        Czech: taška
        Slovak: taška
        Yiddish: טאַש‎ (tash)
    - Interlingua: tasca
Old High German: *zaska, zasca
Old Norse: taska (also perhaps borrowed from Low German)
- Icelandic: taska
- Faroese: taska
- Norwegian: taske
- Old Swedish: taska
  - Swedish: taska
- Danish: taske
→ Finnish: tasku