Where does “tákn” come from?

tákn (Icelandic) comes 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.

tákn (Icelandic): symbol

Definitions

  1. symbol

Ancestry of “tákn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetákn—
2Old Englishtācnsign, token; token, sign; sign, marker
3Proto-West Germanictaiknsign, token, symbol
4Proto-Germanictaiknąsign, token, symbol
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

Words derived from “tákn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic taikną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic taikn →