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Where does “tekinn” come from?

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

tekinn (Old Norse): past participle of taka; take, took, taken

Definitions

  1. past participle of taka; take, took, taken

Ancestry of “tekinn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictēkanaz—
2Proto-Germanictēkanąto touch; to grasp
3Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₁g-to touch

Words derived from “tekinn”

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