Where does “tācn” come from?

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

tācn (Old English): sign, token; token, sign; sign, marker

Definitions

  1. sign, token; token, sign; sign, marker

Ancestry of “tācn”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tācn”

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