The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*taskǭ
- Frankish · derived from*taskā“pouch”
- Old French · derived fromtasse
- Middle English · inherited fromtasse“armor plate protecting the hip”
- English todaytasse
Inherited from Middle English tasse (“armor plate protecting the hip”), derived from Old French tasse, tasche (“purse; pouch”), derived from Frankish *taskā (“pouch”), derived from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ. Cognate with Old High German tasca (“pouch”), German Tasche (“pocket; pouch; bag”), Dutch tas (“bag”).
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishtasse all →
tass
Old Frenchtasse all →
tass
Frankish*taskā all →
tass
Proto-Germanic*taskǭ all →
tass
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.