*taiknijaną

Runic: ᛏᚨᛁᚲᚾᛁᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈtɑi̯k.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 1

Meanings

to show, point

Etymology

From *taikną (‘sign, token, symbol’) + *-janą.

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singulartaiknijōtaiknijaų–
2nd singulartaiknīsitaiknijaistaiknī
3rd singulartaiknīþitaiknijaitaiknijaþau
1st dualtaiknijōstaiknijaiw–
2nd dualtaiknijaþiztaiknijaiþiztaiknijaþiz
1st pluraltaiknijamaztaiknijaim–
2nd pluraltaiknīþtaiknijaiþtaiknīþ
3rd pluraltaiknijanþitaiknijaintaiknijanþau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singulartaiknijai–
2nd singulartaiknijasaitaiknijaisau
3rd singulartaiknijaþaitaiknijaiþau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluraltaiknijanþaitaiknijainþau
2nd pluraltaiknijanþaitaiknijainþau
3rd pluraltaiknijanþaitaiknijainþau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singulartaiknidǭtaiknidēdį̄
2nd singulartaiknidēztaiknidēdīz
3rd singulartaiknidētaiknidēdī
1st dualtaiknidēdūtaiknidēdīw
2nd dualtaiknidēdudiztaiknidēdīdiz
1st pluraltaiknidēdumtaiknidēdīm
2nd pluraltaiknidēdudtaiknidēdīd
3rd pluraltaiknidēduntaiknidēdīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
taiknijaną taiknijandz taiknidaz

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Descendants

  • *taiknijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tǣcnan (Old English)
  • *taiknijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *tēknen (Old Dutch)
      • têkenen, teikenen (Middle Dutch)
        • teikene (Limburgish)
  • *taiknijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *tēknen (Old Dutch)
      • têkenen, teikenen (Middle Dutch)
        • tekenen, teekenen (Dutch)
          • teken (Afrikaans)
          • tèken (Caribbean Javanese)
  • *taiknijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • zeihhanen, zeichanen, zeihnen (Old High German)
      • zeichenen (Middle High German)
        • zeichnen (German)
  • *taiknijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tēknian (Old Saxon)
      • tēkenen (Middle Low German)
  • teikna (Old Norse)
    • tekna (Faroese)
    • teikna (Icelandic)
    • teikna (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • teikna (Old Norse)
    • tegnæ, tekna (Old Danish)
      • tegne (Danish)
        • tegne (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • teikna (Old Norse)
    • tekna (Old Swedish)
      • teckna (Swedish)
  • 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (taiknjan) (Gothic)

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