Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taiknōną

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 *taikną (“sign, token, symbol”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi̯k.nɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*taiknōną

1. to show, point
2. to mark

Inflection

Conjugation of *taiknōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*taiknō	*taiknǭ	—	*taiknōi	?
2nd singular	*taiknōsi	*taiknōs	*taiknō	*taiknōsai	*taiknōsau
3rd singular	*taiknōþi	*taiknō	*taiknōþau	*taiknōþai	*taiknōþau
1st dual	*taiknōs	*taiknōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*taiknōþiz	*taiknōþiz	*taiknōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*taiknōmaz	*taiknōm	—	*taiknōnþai	*taiknōnþau
2nd plural	*taiknōþ	*taiknōþ	*taiknōþ	*taiknōnþai	*taiknōnþau
3rd plural	*taiknōnþi	*taiknōn	*taiknōnþau	*taiknōnþai	*taiknōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*taiknōdǭ	*taiknōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*taiknōdēz	*taiknōdēdīz
3rd singular	*taiknōdē	*taiknōdēdī
1st dual	*taiknōdēdū	*taiknōdēdīw
2nd dual	*taiknōdēdudiz	*taiknōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*taiknōdēdum	*taiknōdēdīm
2nd plural	*taiknōdēdud	*taiknōdēdīd
3rd plural	*taiknōdēdun	*taiknōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*taiknōndz	*taiknōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *taiknōn
  • Old English: tācnian
    • Middle English: toknen
      • English: token
      • Scots: taiken
    • → Old Norse: tákna
      • Icelandic: tákna
  • Old Frisian: tēknia, tēkena, tēkna
  • Old High German: zeihhanōn, zeichanōn
    • Middle High German: zeichenen
      • German: zeichnen
• Old Norse: teikna
  • Danish: tegne
  • Faroese: tekna
  • Icelandic: teikna
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tegne
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: teikne
  • Swedish: teckna