Where does “tacon” come from?

tacon (Friulian) comes from Proto-West Germanic taikn, from Proto-Germanic taikną, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

tacon (Friulian): patch (of cloth or leather used in mending)

Definitions

  1. patch (of cloth or leather used in mending)

Ancestry of “tacon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanictaiknsign, token, symbol
2Proto-Germanictaiknąsign, token, symbol
3Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic taikną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic taikn →