tákn
Icelandic
/tʰauhkn/
noun
Definitions
- symbol
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse tákn derived from Old English tācn (sign, marker, token) inherited from Proto-Germanic *taikną (token, sign, symbol) root from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (point out, show, point, teach, instruct).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*deyḱ-
Gloss
point out, show, point, teach, instruct
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
教
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- addiction English
- dictation English
- indicate English
- indicative English
- indict English
- predicament English
- token English
- valedictorian English
- vengeance English
- vindictive English
- abdicātiō Latin
- abdicātus Latin
- addictus Latin
- contradictus, contradict- Latin
- dictator Latin
- dictio, dictiō, dictiōnis Latin
- dictionarius Latin
- dictiō Latin
- dictiōnem Latin
- dicto Latin
- dictum Latin
- dictātor Latin
- dictātus Latin
- dēdicātiō, dedicatio Latin
- dēdicātus Latin
- dīcō Latin
- dīcō, dīcere, dico Latin
- index Latin
- indicātiō Latin
- indicō Latin
- interdīcō Latin
- praedictionis, praedictio Latin
- praedicāre Latin
- praedicātum Latin
- praedīcere Latin
- valedīcere Latin
- δίκαιος Ancient Greek
- δείκνυμι Ancient Greek
- δειγματίζω Ancient Greek
- δεῖγμα Ancient Greek
- δεῖξις Ancient Greek
- δικαίωμα Ancient Greek
- δικαιοσύνη Ancient Greek
- δικαιόω Ancient Greek
- παράδειγμα Ancient Greek
- παραδείκνυμι Ancient Greek
- ἀποδείκνυμι Ancient Greek
- ἀπόδειξις Ancient Greek
- ἐπίδειξις Ancient Greek
- ὑποδείκνυμι Ancient Greek
- *deyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *díḱeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *dḗyḱst Proto-Indo-European
- *swé Proto-Indo-European
- *taihwō Proto-Germanic
- *taihwǭ Proto-Germanic
- *taikijaną Proto-Germanic
- *taiknaz Proto-Germanic
- *taikną Proto-Germanic
- *tīhaną Proto-Germanic
- tecken Swedish
- tacn Old English
- tācn Old English
- tācnian Old English
- आदेश Sanskrit
- दिशा Sanskrit
- देश Sanskrit
- निर्देश Sanskrit
- token Middle English
- toknen Middle English
- bjannak Old Norse
- dikt Old Norse
- diktan Old Norse
- teikn Old Norse
- tá Old Norse
- tákn Old Norse
- edit Old French
- tache Old French
- gervingur Icelandic
- kyn Icelandic
- kyntákn Icelandic
- mál Icelandic
- tákngervingur Icelandic
- táknmál Icelandic
- þjóðartákngervingur Icelandic
- देशभाषा Hindi
- देशी Hindi
- विदेश Hindi
- dull Welsh
- zeihhan Old High German
- *taikn gmw-pro
- *tēkan Old Dutch
- *taika Proto-Finnic
- *dayćás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- tēkan Old Saxon
- teken Old Frisian
- tēken Old Frisian
- teken Low German