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English word take comes from Proto-Indo-European *deh₁g-, Old Norse tekinn, Proto-Indo-European *diǵ-, Proto-Indo-European *deig'-, and later Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (To grasp. To hold. To touch.)
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*deh₁g- (Proto-Indo-European)
tekinn (Old Norse)
*diǵ- (Proto-Indo-European)
*deig'- (Proto-Indo-European)
to show
*tēkaną (Proto-Germanic)
To grasp. To hold. To touch.
*ġetacen (Old English)
taka (Old Norse)
To take.
*taikniz (Proto-Germanic)
tacan (Old English)
To take. To touch, make contact with.
tācn (Old English)
tacen (Old English)
Sign, omen, token.
takenn (Middle English)
take (English)
(intransitive) To become; to be affected in a specified way.. (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.. (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.. (intransitive) To have the intended effect.. (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.. (intransitive, of a, mechanical device) To catch; to engage.. (intransitive, of a, plant, etc) To begin to grow [...]