Tartsche

Meaning

shield, targe

Concepts

buckler

targe

Translations

targe

bouclier

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écu allemand

scudo tedesco

brocchiero

schild

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lansschild

beukelaar

broquel

escudo

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rodela

escut

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Tarja

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: tartsche

Cognate with Old High German: zarga

Cognate with Old English: targe

Cognate with Middle Low German: tartze

Cognate with Middle Dutch: tarche

In summary

From Middle High German tartsche, from Old French targe, from Old Norse targa, from Proto-Germanic *targǭ. Compare cognate Old High German zarga, whence modern Zarge (“frame”), Old English targe, whereas Middle Low German tartze, tartzge and Middle Dutch tarche, tartse are also borrowings from Old French. In medieval use of infantry shields, by the 16th century also of equestrian shields; in the later 16th century becomes part of the technical vocabulary of jousting equipment (hence Stechtartsche, Gittertartsche, etc.).