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Proto-Germanic
Etymology 1
From *þaką (“roof”) + *-janą.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
*þakjaną
- to cover (with a roof)
Inflection
Descendants
Etymology 2
Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *teh₂ǵ- (“burn”), and tentatively cognate with Ancient Greek τήγανον (tḗganon), τάγηνον (tágēnon, “frying pan”).[2]
Verb
*þakjaną
- to burn
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þaka-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 531-2: “*þakjan-”
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þakjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 532