Where does “teken” come from?

teken (Dutch) comes 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.

teken (Dutch): sign; signal; character

Definitions

  1. sign; signal; character

Ancestry of “teken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchtêkenmark, sign
2Old Dutchtēkan—
3Proto-West Germanictaiknsign, token, symbol
4Proto-Germanictaiknąsign, token, symbol
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

Words derived from “teken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- →