Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/taikn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *taikną.

Noun

*taikn n

1. sign, token, symbol

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*taikn
Genitive	*taiknas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*taikn	*taiknu
Accusative	*taikn	*taiknu
Genitive	*taiknas	*taiknō
Dative	*taiknē	*taiknum
Instrumental	*taiknu	*taiknum

Derived terms

• *taiknijan
• *taiknōn

Descendants

• Old English: tācn, tācen, tācon
  • Middle English: token, tokene, tokin, tokine, tokon, tokne, tocne, toquen; taken, takein, takin, takine; taken, takein, takin, takine, tacn, tacne, tacnæ, tockne
    • 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
      • 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