Word Origin Summary

Tass is attested in Swedish. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. *ters-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from
2. tatzeMiddle High Germaninherited from
3. TatzeGermanborrowed from
4. ταρσόςAncient Greekderived from

Descendants and Related Terms

• tassu

  Finnish · borrowed from

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