*taikną

Runic: ᛏᚨᛁᚲᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈtɑi̯k.nɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

indicator, indication (e.g. mark, sign, token, symbol, etc.)

Etymology

(SS: from chat) A late *-na- derivative of the verbal stem *taikijaną “to show, teach,” ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- “to show, point out.”

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.taiknątaiknō
Acc.taiknątaiknō
Gen.taiknas, taiknistaiknǫ̂
Dat.taiknaitaiknamaz
Inst.taiknōtaiknamiz
Voc.taiknątaiknō

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Descendants

  • *taikn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tacolâ, tacon, taconâ (Friulian)
  • *taikn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tēkan, teikan, teikin, teican (Old Dutch)
      • têken, teiken (Middle Dutch)
        • teike (Limburgish)
  • *taikn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tēkan, teikan, teikin, teican (Old Dutch)
      • têken, teiken (Middle Dutch)
        • teken, teiken, teeken (Dutch)
          • teken, teiken (Afrikaans)
          • tegn (Berbice Creole Dutch)
          • teken (Indonesian)
          • teken (Negerhollands)
  • *taikn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tācn, tācen, tācon (Old English)
      • token, tokene, tokin, tokine, tokon, tokne, tocne, toquen, taken, takein, takin, takine, tacn, tacne, tacnæ, tockne (Middle English)
        • token (English)
        • taiken (Scots)
  • *taikn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tācn, tācen, tācon (Old English)
      • tákn (Old Norse)
        • tákn (Icelandic)
  • *taikn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tēken (Old Frisian)
      • ? (North Frisian)
      • Teeken (Saterland Frisian)
      • teken (West Frisian)
  • *taikn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • zeihhan (Old High German)
      • zeichen (Middle High German)
        • Zäiche, Zäie (Alemannic German)
        • Zeichen (German)
        • Zeechen (Luxembourgish)
        • צייכן (tseykhn) (Yiddish)
  • *taikn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tēkan, teikan, tēken, teiken (Old Saxon)
      • têken, teiken (Middle Low German)
        • Tieekjen (Plautdietsch)
  • *taikn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tēkan, teikan, tēken, teiken (Old Saxon)
      • têken, teiken (Middle Low German)
        • Teiken (Low German)
          • Teken (German Low German)
  • teikn (Old Norse)
    • tekken (Elfdalian)
    • tekn (Faroese)
    • tekken (Gutnish)
    • teikn (Icelandic)
    • teikn, tekn (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • teğn (Scanian)
  • teikn (Old Norse)
    • tēkn (Old Danish)
      • tegn (Danish)
        • tegn (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • teikn (Old Norse)
    • tēkn (Old Swedish)
      • tecken (Swedish)
  • 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃 (taikns) (Gothic)
  • *taikniz (Gothic)
  • *taika (Proto-Finnic)

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