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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]

  1. (West Germanic) spike, thorn, prickle

Declension
Declension of *takkô (an-stem)
Case Singular Plural
Nominative *takkô *takkaniz
Vocative *takkô *takkaniz
Accusative *takkanų *takkanunz
Genitive *takkiniz *takkanǫ̂
Dative *takkini *takkammaz
Instrumental *takkinē *takkammiz


  • *taggǭ, *taggô

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *takkō
    • Old Frisian: *takka
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: takel
      • West Frisian: takkel, takke
    • Old Saxon: *takko
      • Middle Low German: tacke
    • Old Dutch: *takko
      • Middle Dutch: tacke, tac
    • → Old Northern French: taque
    • Old High German: *zacho; *tacha, *zacha

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