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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þakwōną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch”), either derived from a u-stem derivative of the root +‎ *-ōną, (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) or, if the alternative reconstruction *þakkōną is correct, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *th₂gnéh₂ti and thus formally cognate with Latin tangō (“touch”, verb).[1] Further cognate with Ancient Greek τεταγών (tetagṓn, “having seized”), τάσσω (tássō, “arrange”) and Latin taxō (“touch, feel”, verb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθɑ.kʷɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þakwōną

  1. to touch, pat, tap

Inflection

Alternative reconstructions

  • *þakkōną, *þakōną[1]

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þakwōn, *þakkōn
    • Old English: þaccian
    • Old Saxon: *thakkōn, *thakōn
      • ⇒ Old Saxon: thakolōn
    • Old Dutch: *thakon
  • Old Norse: þjökka, þjaka
    • Faroese: *tjaka
      • ⇒ Faroese: tjakast
    • Icelandic: þjaka
    • Norwegian: tjåka

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þak(k)ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 532
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