Where does “aandachtsteken” come from?
aandachtsteken (Dutch) comes from Dutch teken, from Middle Dutch têken, from Old Dutch tēkan, from Proto-West Germanic taikn, from Proto-Germanic taikną, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
aandachtsteken (Dutch): attention sign
Ancestry of “aandachtsteken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | teken | sign; signal; character |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | têken | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | tēkan | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | taikn | sign, token, symbol |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | taikną | sign, token, symbol |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |