Etymograph

English

tish

Tish comes from Yiddish טיש ‘table’, from Old High German tisc ‘plate’, and perhaps ultimately from Ancient Greek δίκτυον ‘fishing net’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδίκτυον1díktuon‘fishing net’uncertainearlier origin unknown
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδικεῖν2dikeîn‘to cast’
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδίσκος3‘quoit, disc, discus’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiscus4‘a discus, quoit’
  5. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*disk5‘dish’reconstructed
  6. Old High Germanc. 750–1050tisc5‘plate’
  7. Yiddishmodernטיש6tish‘table’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1974tish6

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek δικεῖν, which cites Beekes, Rix
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek δίσκος
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Latin discus
  4. 4 Wiktionary, Proto-West Germanic *disk
  5. 5 Wiktionary, Yiddish טיש
  6. 6 Wiktionary, English tish
  7. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1974, Conservative Judaism: “YPC's most popular activity has been the monthly Shabbat…”.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδίκτυονWiktionary, Ancient Greek δικεῖν, which cites Beekes, Rixdíktuon‘fishing net’uncertainearlier origin unknown
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδικεῖνWiktionary, Ancient Greek δίσκοςdikeîn‘to cast’
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδίσκοςWiktionary, Latin discus‘quoit, disc, discus’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiscusWiktionary, Proto-West Germanic *disk‘a discus, quoit’
  5. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*diskWiktionary, Yiddish טיש‘dish’reconstructed
  6. Old High Germanc. 750–1050tiscWiktionary, Yiddish טיש‘plate’
  7. YiddishmodernטישWiktionary, English tishtish‘table’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1974tishWiktionary, English tish. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1974, Conservative Judaism: “YPC's most popular activity has been the monthly Shabbat…”

Linked words

through Ancient Greek δίσκος ‘quoit, disc, discus’

disk, discus, discal, 4 more

through Latin discus ‘a discus, quoit’

desk, disc, dais, 4 more

through Proto-West Germanic *disk ‘dish’

dish

Today it means

noun A festive meal for a religious event, especially Shabbat.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tish”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Ancient Greek δικεῖν, Ancient Greek δίσκος, Latin discus, Proto-West Germanic *disk, Yiddish טיש. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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