Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taikną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 the root of *taikijaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, indicate, point out, declare”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi̯k.nɑ̃/

Noun

*taikną n

1. 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

• Proto-West Germanic: *taikn
  • Old English: tācn, tācen, tācon
    • Middle English: token, tokene, tokin, tokine, tokon, tokne, tocne, toquen, taken, takein, takin, takine (Northern), taken, takein, takin, takine, tacn, tacne, tacnæ, tockne (Early Middle English)
      • English: token
      • Scots: taiken
    • → Old Norse: tákn
      • Icelandic: tákn
  • Old Frisian: tēken
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum: teeken

    • Saterland Frisian: Teeken
    • West Frisian: teken
  • Old Saxon: tēken
    • Middle Low German: têken
      • German Low German: Teken
      • Plautdietsch: Tieekjen
  • Old Dutch: teikan, teikin, teican
    • Middle Dutch: têken, teiken
      • Dutch: teken, teiken (dialectal)
        • Afrikaans: teken, teiken
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: tegn
        • Negerhollands: teken
        • → Indonesian: teken
      • Limburgish: teike
  • Old High German: zeihhan
    • Middle High German: zeichen
      • Alemannic German: Zäiche, Zäie
      • German: Zeichen
      • Luxembourgish: Zeechen
      • Yiddish: צייכן (tseykhn)
  • → Friulian: tacolâ, tacon, taconâ
• Old Norse: teikn
  • Icelandic: teikn
  • Faroese: tekn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: teikn, tekn
  • Elfdalian: tekken
  • Old Swedish: tēkn
    • Swedish: tecken
  • Old Danish: tēkn
    • Danish: tegn
      • Norwegian Bokmål: tegn
  • Gutnish: tekken
  • Scanian: teğn
• Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃 (taikns) ( < *taikniz, although an a-stem neuter may be attested; see entry) (see there for further descendants)
• → Proto-Finnic: *taika (see there for further descendants)