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Where does “tǣċan” come from?

tǣċan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic taikijan, from Proto-Germanic taikijaną, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

tǣċan (Old English): to show, point out; to show, declare,...

Definitions

  1. to show, point out; to show, declare,...

Ancestry of “tǣċan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanictaikijan—
2Proto-Germanictaikijanąto show, point out, teach
3Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

Words derived from “tǣċan”

  • teaching
  • teach
  • tack
  • tacks
  • tacking
  • tacky
  • teachest
  • reteach
  • nonteaching
  • tacksman
  • thumbtack
  • teachability
  • tackiness
  • schoolteaching
  • tackifier
  • microteaching
  • unteach
  • tacker
  • coteach
  • tackless
  • tackily
  • untack
  • unteachability
  • teleteaching
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