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

  1. bag, purse
  2. pouch, pocket

Inflection

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

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *taskā
    • Old Dutch: *taska
      • Middle Dutch: tasche, tesche, tassche, tessche
    • Old Frisian: *taske
      • Saterland Frisian: Taaske
      • West Frisian: (archaic) task, tas (tas perhaps a loan from Dutch)
    • Old High German: *zaska, zasca
      • ⇒ Old High German: zaskōn, zascōn (“to snatch, seize, rob”)
    • Old Saxon: taska, daska, dasga
    • → Vulgar Latin: *tasca, *tascha
  • >? Old Norse: taska (alternatively, perhaps from Middle Low German)

References

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