Where does “tēkan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “tēkan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tēkan”

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