Where does “þjóðartákngervingur” come from?

þjóðartákngervingur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic tákngervingur, from Icelandic tákn, from Old Norse tákn, from Old English tācn, from Proto-West Germanic taikn, from Proto-Germanic taikną, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

þjóðartákngervingur (Icelandic): national symbol

Definitions

  1. national symbol

Ancestry of “þjóðartákngervingur”, step by step

þjóðartákngervingur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic tákngervingur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandictákngervingursymbol, incarnation (of something)
2Icelandictáknsymbol
3Old Norsetákn—
4Old Englishtācnsign, token; token, sign; sign, marker
5Proto-West Germanictaiknsign, token, symbol
6Proto-Germanictaiknąsign, token, symbol
7Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

via Icelandic þjóð

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicþjóða people, a nation
2Old Norseþjóða people
3Proto-Germanicþeudōpeople, tribe
4Proto-Indo-Europeantewtéh₂people, tribe
5Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic taikną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic taikn →