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
Ancestry of “tákn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | tákn | — |
| 2 | Old English | tācn | sign, token; token, sign; sign, marker |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | taikn | sign, token, symbol |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | taikną | sign, token, symbol |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |
Words derived from “tákn”