Where does “token” come from?
token (Middle English) comes from Old English tācn, from Proto-West Germanic taikn, from Proto-Germanic taikną, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
token (Middle English): token; omen, portent; prearranged signal
Definitions
- token; omen, portent; prearranged signal
Ancestry of “token”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | tācn | sign, token; token, sign; sign, marker |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | taikn | sign, token, symbol |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | taikną | sign, token, symbol |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |
Words derived from “token”