English
Tisch
Tisch comes from German Tisch ‘dining table, dinner table’, from Old High German tisc ‘plate’, and ultimately from Ancient Greek δικεῖν ‘to cast’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδικεῖνdikeîn‘to cast’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδίσκος‘quoit, disc, discus’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiscus‘a discus, quoit’
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*disk‘dish’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050tisc‘plate’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350tisch
- Germanc. 1650–presentTisch‘dining table, dinner table’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδικεῖνdikeîn‘to cast’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδίσκος‘quoit, disc, discus’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiscus‘a discus, quoit’
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*disk‘dish’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050tisc‘plate’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350tisch
- Germanc. 1650–presentTisch‘dining table, dinner table’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Ancient Greek δίσκος ‘quoit, disc, discus’
through Latin discus ‘a discus, quoit’
through Proto-West Germanic *disk ‘dish’
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek δικεῖν / Tisch