Etymograph

English

tassie

Tassie comes from French tasse ‘cup’, from Arabic طَاس ‘bowl, basin’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- ‘to create’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tetḱ-‘to create’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḗtḱ-ti ~ *tétḱ-n̥tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*tā́ćštireconstructed
  4. Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CEtšt'‘bowl’
  5. Arabicc. 500–presentطَاسṭās‘bowl, basin’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600tasse
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘cup’
  8. Englishtodaytassie

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tetḱ-‘to create’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḗtḱ-ti ~ *tétḱ-n̥tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*tā́ćštireconstructed
  4. Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CEtšt'‘bowl’
  5. Arabicc. 500–presentطَاسṭās‘bowl, basin’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600tasse
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘cup’
  8. Englishtodaytassie

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- ‘to create’

technical, technique, architecture, architect, arch, textile, pretext, polytechnic, tectonics, technic, technetium, tela, 14 more

Today it means

noun A cup or goblet for drinking wine.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- / tassie

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