Where does “tegne” come from?

tegne (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German zeichnen, from German Zeichen, from Middle High German zeichen, from Old High German zeihhan, from Proto-West Germanic taikn, from Proto-Germanic taikną, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

tegne (Norwegian Bokmål): to draw

Definitions

  1. to draw

Ancestry of “tegne”, step by step

tegne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German zeichnen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzeichnento draw
2GermanZeichencharacters, marks, sign; token
3Middle High Germanzeichen—
4Old High Germanzeihhansign, symbol, feature; sign, symbol
5Proto-West Germanictaiknsign, token, symbol
6Proto-Germanictaiknąsign, token, symbol
7Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

via Old Norse teikna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseteikna—
2Proto-Germanictaiknijanąto show, point
3Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “tegne”

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