tass

See also: Tass, tāss, and TASS

English

Partly from Middle English tas (“heap”), from Old French tas (“heap”), from Frankish *tas (“mass, pile”); and partly from Middle English taas (“heap, mow of corn”), from Old English tas (“heap, mow of grain”); both from Proto-Germanic *tasaz, *tassaz (“heap, mow, stack”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide, split, section, part, separate”). Related to Middle Dutch tas, tasse (“heap, pile”, Dutch tas), Middle Low German tas (“mow of hay or wheat”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃 (ungatass, “disorganised, irregular”); and possibly also to Old High German zetten (“to straw, fertilise”), Old Norse tað (“spread dung”). See tath.

tass (plural tasses)

From Middle English *tasse, from Old French tasse (Modern French tasse (“cup, cupful”)). Cognate with Dutch tas (“cup”), German Tasse (“mug”). Doublet of tazza.

tass (plural tasses)

(dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A cup or cupful.
- 1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet:
  "Here, Dougal," said the Laird, "gie Steenie a tass of brandy down stairs, till I count the siller and write the receipt."

From Middle English tasse, tache, from Old French tasse, tasche (“purse; pouch”), from Frankish *taska (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ, cognate with Old High German tasca (“pouch”), German Tasche (“pocket; pouch”).

tass (plural tasses)

From Hindi [Term?].

tass

Unknown. Possibly from Ancient Greek ταρσός (tarsós) or more likely from German Tatze. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

tass c

a paw (animal's foot)
(räcka) vacker tass ― give a paw

Den sov på verandan med huvudet mot tassarna och svansen i en graciös sväng runt benen. ― It slept on the porch with its head on its paws and the tail gracefully curled around the legs.
(colloquial) a hand
Bort med tassarna! ― Hands off! Paws off!