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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi̯k.nɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*taiknōną

to show, point
to mark

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *taiknōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
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 edit

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