Etymology Explorer
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Where does “teikan” come from?
teikan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic taikną, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
Ancestry of “teikan”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
taikną
sign, token, symbol
2
Proto-Indo-European
deyḱ-
to point out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- →
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