Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taskǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Of unknown origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *das-, *des- (“to fray, exhaust, get tired, faint, unravel”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “In this latter case, what are some proposed cognates?”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑs.kɔ̃ː/

Noun

*taskǭ f

1. bag, purse
2. 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

• Proto-West Germanic: *taskā
  • Old Frisian: *taske
    • Saterland Frisian: Taaske
    • West Frisian: (archaic) task, tas (tas perhaps a loan from Dutch)
  • Old Saxon: taska, daska, dasga
    • Middle Low German: tasche
      • German Low German: Taske, Task
  • Old Dutch: *taska
    • Middle Dutch: tasche, tesche, tassche, tessche
      • Dutch: tas
        • Afrikaans: tas
  • → Vulgar Latin: *tasca, *tascha
    • Old French: tasche; tachette, tassette
      • Middle French: taisse
      • → Middle English: tache, tasse
        • English: tasse; tasset
    • Italian: tasca
      • → Old High German: tasca, taska
        • Middle High German: tasche, tesche
          • Central Franconian: Täsch
          • German: Tasche
            • → Czech: taška
            • → Slovak: taška
            • → Serbo-Croatian: taška, tašna
          • Yiddish: טאַש (tash)
        • ⇒ Old High German: taskila, tascila
      • Interlingua: tasca
  • Old High German: *zaska, zasca
    • ⇒ Old High German: zaskōn, zascōn (“to snatch, seize, rob”)
• Old Norse: taska (alternatively, perhaps from Middle Low German)
  • Icelandic: taska
  • Faroese: taska
  • Norwegian: taske
  • Old Swedish: taska
    • Swedish: taska, task
  • Danish: taske
• → Finnish: tasku