Where does “tá” come from?

tá (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse tá, from Proto-Germanic taihwǭ, from Proto-Germanic tīhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

tá (Icelandic): toe; path, footpath; tau

Definitions

  1. toe; path, footpath; tau

Ancestry of “tá”, step by step

tá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse tá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetáa toe; path, walk
2Proto-Germanictaihwǭtoe
3Proto-Germanictīhwanąto show, announce
4Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

via Ancient Greek ταῦ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekταῦtau, the name for the twentieth letter Τ, τ of...
2Phoenician𐤕taw
3Egyptian𓏴—

Words derived from “tá”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tīhwaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic taihwǭ →