Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/taikn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *taikną.

Noun

*taikn n[1]

sign, token, symbol

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*taikn
Genitive	*taiknas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*taikn	*taiknu
Accusative	*taikn	*taiknu
Genitive	*taiknas	*taiknō
Dative	*taiknē	*taiknum
Instrumental	*taiknu	*taiknum

Descendants

Old English: tācn, tācen, tācon
- Middle English: token, tokene, tokin, tokine, tokon, tokne, tocne, toquen
  - English: token
  - Scots: taiken
- → Old Norse: tákn
  - Icelandic: tákn
Old Frisian: tēken
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: teeken
- Saterland Frisian: Teeken
- West Frisian: teken
Old Saxon: tēken
- Middle Low German: têken
  - German Low German: Teken
Old Dutch: teikan, teikin, teican
- Middle Dutch: têken, teiken
  - Dutch: teken, teiken
    - Afrikaans: teken, teiken
    - → Indonesian: teken
  - Limburgish: teike
Old High German: zeihhan
- Middle High German: zeichen
  - Alemannic German: Zäiche, Zäie
  - German: Zeichen
  - Luxembourgish: Zeechen

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 48: “PWGmc *taikn”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 48: “PWGmc *taikn”