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Where does “takest” come from?

Takest comes from Middle English taken, from Old English tacen, from Proto-Germanic taikną, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European deh₁g-.

takest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular simple present form of...

Ancestry of “takest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-estUsed to form the superlative of adjectives and...
2Middle English-estUsed to form the second-person singular present...
3Old English-estsuffix forming feminine nouns, originally from...
4Proto-Germanic-istaz-est
5Proto-Indo-European-istHos—
6Proto-Indo-European-yōsForms adjectives from roots, meaning "very" or...
7Proto-Indo-European-yoss—
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