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.[1] 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

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

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
- → 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

References

Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*taskō(n)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 402

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[1] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*taskō(n)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 402