tacan

See also: TACAN and tačan

Old English

Etymology

A late borrowing (c. 1100), from Old Norse taka,[1] from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑ.kɑn/

Verb

tacan

  1. to take
  2. to touch, make contact with

Conjugation

Conjugation of tacan (strong, class VI)
infinitive tacan tacenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular tace tōc
second person singular tæcst tōce
third person singular tæcþ tōc
plural tacaþ tōcon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular tace tōce
plural tacen tōcen
imperative
singular tac
plural tacaþ
participle present past
tacende (ġe)tæcen, (ġe)tacen

Descendants

  • Middle English: taken
    • English: take
      Geordie: tyek
    • Scots: tak, ta
    • Yola: taake

References

  1. ^ Dance, Richard; Pons-Sanz, Sara; Schorn, Brittany (2019), “take v. (st.)”, in The Gersum Project ⁠‎[1], University of Cambridge, University of Cardiff, and the University of Sheffield: “Always derived from ON, cp. OIcel taka ‘to take’, with which it uniquely shares its str. VI conjugation.”

Spanish

Verb

tacan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of tacar
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