Where does “têken” come from?

têken (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch tēkan, from Proto-West Germanic taikn, from Proto-Germanic taikną, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

têken (Middle Dutch): mark, sign

Definitions

  1. mark, sign

Ancestry of “têken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchtēkan—
2Proto-West Germanictaiknsign, token, symbol
3Proto-Germanictaiknąsign, token, symbol
4Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

Words derived from “têken”

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