Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/takkô

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 *deHgʰ-n-, possibly from a root *deh₃gʰ- (“branch”); split from the same paradigm came Proto-Germanic *tōgô and *tōkô (“branch”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑk.kɔːː/

Noun

*takkô m^[1]

(West Germanic) spike, thorn, prickle

Declension

Declension of *takkô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*takkô	*takkaniz
vocative	*takkô	*takkaniz
accusative	*takkanų	*takkanunz
genitive	*takkiniz	*takkanǫ̂
dative	*takkini	*takkammaz
instrumental	*takkinē	*takkammiz

Related terms

*taggǭ, *taggô

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *takkō
- Old Frisian: *takka
  - Saterland Frisian: Takke
  - West Frisian: takke
- ⇒ Old Frisian: takel
  - West Frisian: takkel, takke
- Old Saxon: *takko
  - Middle Low German: tacke
    - German Low German: Tacke, Tack
    - → Danish: tak
- Old Dutch: *takko
  - Middle Dutch: tacke, tac
    - Dutch: tak
- → Old Northern French: taque
  - → Middle English: tak, takke, take, tace
    - English: tack
    - Scots: taik
    - → Anglo-Latin: taccum
- Old High German: *zacho; *tacha, *zacha
  - Middle High German: tacke, zacke
    - German: Zacke

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tōgan- ~ *takkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 519

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tōgan- ~ *takkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 519

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