Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “tak-”

105 words across 29 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European tak- — including Tacitus, reticent, taciturn, taciturnity, Tacey, tacet, reticently, taciturnly.

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Latin (21)

English (14)

Italian (13)

French (10)

Norwegian Bokmål (5)

Danish (4)

Icelandic (4)

Spanish (4)

Old Norse (3)

Portuguese (3)

Gothic (2)

Romanian (2)

Old French (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Faroese (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Swedish (1)

Aromanian (1)

Venetian (1)

Proto-Italic (1)

Armenian (1)

Ancient Greek (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Friulian (1)

Catalan (1)

Old Armenian (1)

Middle English (1)

Middle French (1)