Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo pass on knowledge to. · To pass on knowledge generally, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher. · To cause (someone) to learn or understand (something). · To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Germanic *taikijaną Proto-West Germanic *taikijan Old English tǣċan Middle English techen English teach From Middle English techen, from Old English tǣċan (“to show, declare, demonstrate; teach, instruct, train; assign, prescribe, direct; warn; persuade”), from Proto-West Germanic *taikijan, from Proto-Germanic *taikijaną (“to show”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”). Cognate with Scots tech, teich (“to teach”), German zeigen (“to show, point out”), zeihen (“accuse, blame”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gateihan, “to announce, declare, tell, show, display”), Latin dīcō (“speak, say, tell”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “show, point out, explain, teach”), Sanskrit दिशति (diśati, “to point out, show, tell, teach”). More at token.
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- Root classification mention*deyḱ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentiontechenenm
- Inherited-form mentiontǣċanang · to show, declare, demonstrate; teach, instruct, train; assign, prescribe, direct; warn; persuade
- Inherited-form mention*taikijangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*taikijanągem-pro · to show
- Derivation mention*deyḱ-ine-pro · to show
- Cognate mentiontechsco
- Cognate mentionzeigende · to show, point out
- Cognate mention𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽got · to announce, declare, tell, show, display
- Cognate mentiondīcōla · speak, say, tell
- Cognate mentionδείκνυμιgrc · show, point out, explain, teach
- Cognate mentionदिशतिsa · to point out, show, tell, teach
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"To pass on knowledge to.",
"To pass on knowledge generally, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.",
"To cause (someone) to learn or understand (something).",
"To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action."
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