Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taikną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, indicate, point out, declare”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi̯k.nɑ̃/

Noun

*taikną n

sign, token, symbol

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *taikną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*taikną	*taiknō
vocative	*taikną	*taiknō
accusative	*taikną	*taiknō
genitive	taiknas, taiknis	*taiknǫ̂
dative	*taiknai	*taiknamaz
instrumental	*taiknō	*taiknamiz

Derived terms

*furaitaikną
*taiknijaną
*taiknōną

Descendants

Old English: tācn
- Middle English: taken, token
  - Scots: taiken, token
  - English: token
- Old Norse: tákn
  - Icelandic: tákn
Old Frisian: tēken
- North Frisian: teeken
- Saterland Frisian: Teeken
- West Frisian: teken
Old Saxon: tēken
- Middle Low German: têken
  - German Low German: Teken
Old Dutch: teikan, teikin, teican
- Middle Dutch: teiken, tēken
  - Dutch: teken
    - Afrikaans: teken (“sign”); teiken (“target”)
Old High German: zeihhan
- Middle High German: zeichen
  - Alemannic German: Zäiche, Zäie
  - German: Zeichen
  - Luxembourgish: Zeechen
Old Norse: teikn
- Icelandic: teikn
- Faroese: tekn
- Norwegian Nynorsk: teikn
- Old Swedish: tēkn
  - Swedish: tecken
- Old Danish: tēkn
  - Danish: tegn
  - Norwegian Bokmål: tegn
- Westrobothnian: teken
- Elfdalian: tekken
- Gutnish: tekken
- Scanian: teğn
𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃 (taikns) ( < *taikniz, although an a-stem neuter may be attested; see entry)
- → Latin: *taca, *tacca
  - Old French: tache, teche
    - Middle French: taiche
      - French: tache
    - → Middle English: teche, tache, tecche
      - English: tetchy
  - Catalan: taca
→ Finnish: taika

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