"taikną" meaning in Proto-Germanic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɑi̯k.nɑ̃/
Etymology: From the root of *taikijaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, indicate, point out, declare”). Etymology templates: {{root|gem-pro|ine-pro|*deyḱ-}}, {{der|gem-pro|ine-pro|*deyḱ-||to show, indicate, point out, declare}} Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, indicate, point out, declare”) Inflection templates: {{gem-decl-noun}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], taikną [nominative, singular], taiknō [nominative, plural], taikną [singular, vocative], taiknō [plural, vocative], taikną [accusative, singular], taiknō [accusative, plural], taiknas [genitive, singular], taiknis [genitive, singular], taiknǫ̂ [genitive, plural], taiknai [dative, singular], taiknamaz [dative, plural], taiknō [instrumental, singular], taiknamiz [instrumental, plural]
  1. sign, token, symbol Tags: neuter, reconstruction Derived forms: furaitaikną, taiknijaną, taiknōną
    Sense id: en-taikną-gem-pro-noun-Se4F2Hux Categories (other): Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*taikn"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *taikn\nOld English: tācn, tācen, tācon\nMiddle English: token, tokene, tokin, tokine, tokon, tokne, tocne, toquen; taken, takein, takin, takine; taken, takein, takin, takine, tacn, tacne, tacnæ, tockne\nEnglish: token\nScots: taiken\n→ Old Norse: tákn\nIcelandic: tákn\nOld Frisian: tēken\nNorth Frisian:\nFöhr-Amrum: teeken\nSaterland Frisian: Teeken\nWest Frisian: teken\nOld Saxon: tēken\nMiddle Low German: têken\nGerman Low German: Teken\nPlautdietsch: Tieekjen\nOld Dutch: teikan, teikin, teican\nMiddle Dutch: têken, teiken\nDutch: teken, teiken\nAfrikaans: teken, teiken\nBerbice Creole Dutch: tegn\nNegerhollands: teken\n→ Indonesian: teken\nLimburgish: teike\nOld High German: zeihhan\nMiddle High German: zeichen\nAlemannic German: Zäiche, Zäie\nGerman: Zeichen\nLuxembourgish: Zeechen\nYiddish: צייכן (tseykhn)\n→ Friulian: tacolâ, tacon, taconâ",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *taikn\nOld English: tācn, tācen, tācon\nMiddle English: token, tokene, tokin, tokine, tokon, tokne, tocne, toquen; taken, takein, takin, takine; taken, takein, takin, takine, tacn, tacne, tacnæ, tockne\nEnglish: token\nScots: taiken\n→ Old Norse: tákn\nIcelandic: tákn\nOld Frisian: tēken\nNorth Frisian:\nFöhr-Amrum: teeken\nSaterland Frisian: Teeken\nWest Frisian: teken\nOld Saxon: tēken\nMiddle Low German: têken\nGerman Low German: Teken\nPlautdietsch: Tieekjen\nOld Dutch: teikan, teikin, teican\nMiddle Dutch: têken, teiken\nDutch: teken, teiken\nAfrikaans: teken, teiken\nBerbice Creole Dutch: tegn\nNegerhollands: teken\n→ Indonesian: teken\nLimburgish: teike\nOld High German: zeihhan\nMiddle High German: zeichen\nAlemannic German: Zäiche, Zäie\nGerman: Zeichen\nLuxembourgish: Zeechen\nYiddish: צייכן (tseykhn)\n→ Friulian: tacolâ, tacon, taconâ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "teikn"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: teikn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: teikn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "teikn"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: teikn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: teikn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "tekn"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: tekn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: tekn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "teikn",
            "3": "tekn"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: teikn, tekn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: teikn, tekn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ovd",
            "2": "tekken"
          },
          "expansion": "Elfdalian: tekken",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Elfdalian: tekken"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "tēkn"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: tēkn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: tēkn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "tecken"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: tecken",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: tecken"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-oda",
            "2": "tēkn"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Danish: tēkn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Danish: tēkn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "tegn"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: tegn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: tegn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "tegn"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: tegn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: tegn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-gut",
            "2": "tekken"
          },
          "expansion": "Gutnish: tekken",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gutnish: tekken"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-scy",
            "2": "teğn"
          },
          "expansion": "Scanian: teğn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scanian: teğn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃 (taikns)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃 (taikns) ( < *taikniz, although an a-stem neuter may be attested; see entry) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "urj-fin-pro",
            "2": "*taika",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Finnic: *taika",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Finnic: *taika (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*deyḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*deyḱ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to show, indicate, point out, declare"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, indicate, point out, declare”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the root of *taikijaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, indicate, point out, declare”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taikną",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taiknō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taikną",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taiknō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taikną",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taiknō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taiknas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taiknis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taiknǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taiknai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taiknamaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taiknō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taiknamiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gem-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taikną",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "furaitaikną"
        },
        {
          "word": "taiknijaną"
        },
        {
          "word": "taiknōną"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sign, token, symbol"
      ],
      "id": "en-taikną-gem-pro-noun-Se4F2Hux",
      "links": [
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ],
        [
          "token",
          "token"
        ],
        [
          "symbol",
          "symbol"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɑi̯k.nɑ̃/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "taikną"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "furaitaikną"
    },
    {
      "word": "taiknijaną"
    },
    {
      "word": "taiknōną"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*taikn"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *taikn\nOld English: tācn, tācen, tācon\nMiddle English: token, tokene, tokin, tokine, tokon, tokne, tocne, toquen; taken, takein, takin, takine; taken, takein, takin, takine, tacn, tacne, tacnæ, tockne\nEnglish: token\nScots: taiken\n→ Old Norse: tákn\nIcelandic: tákn\nOld Frisian: tēken\nNorth Frisian:\nFöhr-Amrum: teeken\nSaterland Frisian: Teeken\nWest Frisian: teken\nOld Saxon: tēken\nMiddle Low German: têken\nGerman Low German: Teken\nPlautdietsch: Tieekjen\nOld Dutch: teikan, teikin, teican\nMiddle Dutch: têken, teiken\nDutch: teken, teiken\nAfrikaans: teken, teiken\nBerbice Creole Dutch: tegn\nNegerhollands: teken\n→ Indonesian: teken\nLimburgish: teike\nOld High German: zeihhan\nMiddle High German: zeichen\nAlemannic German: Zäiche, Zäie\nGerman: Zeichen\nLuxembourgish: Zeechen\nYiddish: צייכן (tseykhn)\n→ Friulian: tacolâ, tacon, taconâ",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *taikn\nOld English: tācn, tācen, tācon\nMiddle English: token, tokene, tokin, tokine, tokon, tokne, tocne, toquen; taken, takein, takin, takine; taken, takein, takin, takine, tacn, tacne, tacnæ, tockne\nEnglish: token\nScots: taiken\n→ Old Norse: tákn\nIcelandic: tákn\nOld Frisian: tēken\nNorth Frisian:\nFöhr-Amrum: teeken\nSaterland Frisian: Teeken\nWest Frisian: teken\nOld Saxon: tēken\nMiddle Low German: têken\nGerman Low German: Teken\nPlautdietsch: Tieekjen\nOld Dutch: teikan, teikin, teican\nMiddle Dutch: têken, teiken\nDutch: teken, teiken\nAfrikaans: teken, teiken\nBerbice Creole Dutch: tegn\nNegerhollands: teken\n→ Indonesian: teken\nLimburgish: teike\nOld High German: zeihhan\nMiddle High German: zeichen\nAlemannic German: Zäiche, Zäie\nGerman: Zeichen\nLuxembourgish: Zeechen\nYiddish: צייכן (tseykhn)\n→ Friulian: tacolâ, tacon, taconâ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "teikn"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: teikn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: teikn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "teikn"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: teikn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: teikn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "tekn"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: tekn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: tekn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "teikn",
            "3": "tekn"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: teikn, tekn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: teikn, tekn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ovd",
            "2": "tekken"
          },
          "expansion": "Elfdalian: tekken",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Elfdalian: tekken"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "tēkn"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: tēkn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: tēkn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "tecken"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: tecken",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: tecken"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-oda",
            "2": "tēkn"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Danish: tēkn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Danish: tēkn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "tegn"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: tegn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: tegn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "tegn"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: tegn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: tegn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-gut",
            "2": "tekken"
          },
          "expansion": "Gutnish: tekken",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gutnish: tekken"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-scy",
            "2": "teğn"
          },
          "expansion": "Scanian: teğn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scanian: teğn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃 (taikns)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃 (taikns) ( < *taikniz, although an a-stem neuter may be attested; see entry) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "urj-fin-pro",
            "2": "*taika",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Finnic: *taika",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Finnic: *taika (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*deyḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*deyḱ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to show, indicate, point out, declare"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, indicate, point out, declare”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the root of *taikijaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, indicate, point out, declare”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taikną",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taiknō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taikną",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taiknō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taikną",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taiknō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taiknas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taiknis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taiknǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taiknai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taiknamaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taiknō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taiknamiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gem-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taikną",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-Germanic a-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-Germanic neuter nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deyḱ-",
        "Proto-Germanic terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sign, token, symbol"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ],
        [
          "token",
          "token"
        ],
        [
          "symbol",
          "symbol"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɑi̯k.nɑ̃/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "taikną"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Proto-Germanic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-31 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (91e95e7 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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