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Where does “taka” come from?

taka (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic tēkaną, from Proto-Indo-European deh₁g- — to touch.

taka (Old Norse): to take; taking, capture; taking, seizing

Definitions

  1. to take; taking, capture; taking, seizing

Ancestry of “taka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictēkanąto touch; to grasp
2Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₁g-to touch

Words derived from “taka”

  • take
  • taken
  • takes
  • token
  • tack
  • takeover
  • tacks
  • retake
  • tacking
  • tacky
  • takeaway
  • takest
  • toke
  • tokenism
  • wapentake
  • untaken
  • antitakeover
  • tacksman
  • thumbtack
  • tokenistic
  • tackiness
  • tokenization
  • tackifier
  • stocktake
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₁g- →