Tornister

== German == === Etymology === 17th century, from slightly earlier Tanister, from Czech tanystra (now obsolete), from Hungarian tanisztra (and variants, now tarisznya). Further from Byzantine Greek τάγιστρον (tágistron, “nosebag”), or Latin canistrum (“wicker basket”), or a merger of both. The change of the first syllable from Ta- to Tor- in German is probably from dialectal influence (either directly or by way of hypercorrection). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔrˈnɪstər/, [tɔʁˈnɪs.tɐ], [tɔ(ɐ̯)-] === Noun === Tornister m (strong, genitive Tornisters, plural Tornister) knapsack of a soldier Synonyms: Rucksack, Habersack, Ranzen (regional) schoolbag, rectangular satchel employed by pupils to carry utilities to school Synonyms: Ranzen, Schulranzen, Schultasche ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== den Marschallstab im Tornister tragen ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: tornyster → Esperanto: tornistro → Finnish: tornisteri → Polish: tornister → Swedish: tornister === References === “Tornister” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Tornister” in Duden online Meyer, G. (1891), “trastë”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, pages 434-435