teken
Indonesian
[ˈtɛkən]
verb
Definitions
- (colloquial) to sign, to validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish teken (sign, character, mark, sign token) derived from Middle Dutch têken derived from Old Dutch *tēkan derived from Proto-Germanic *taikną (token, sign, symbol).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*taikną
Gloss
token, sign, symbol
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aandachtsteken Dutch, Flemish
- aanhalingsteken Dutch, Flemish
- afbreekteken Dutch, Flemish
- deelteken Dutch, Flemish
- ereteken Dutch, Flemish
- gedenkteken Dutch, Flemish
- hemelteken Dutch, Flemish
- koppelteken Dutch, Flemish
- leesteken Dutch, Flemish
- schriftteken Dutch, Flemish
- teiken Dutch, Flemish
- teken Dutch, Flemish
- tekenreeks Dutch, Flemish
- uitroepteken Dutch, Flemish
- veldteken Dutch, Flemish
- voorteken Dutch, Flemish
- vraagteken Dutch, Flemish
- wapenteken Dutch, Flemish
- weglatingsteken Dutch, Flemish
- wonderteken Dutch, Flemish
- *deyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *taikną Proto-Germanic
- tacn Old English
- tācn Old English
- teikn Old Norse
- tache Old French
- teken Middle Dutch
- têken Middle Dutch
- zeihhan Old High German
- teken Afrikaans
- *taikn gmw-pro
- *tēkan Old Dutch
- *taika Proto-Finnic
- tēkan Old Saxon
- teken Old Frisian
- tēken Old Frisian