Old Norse · word
taka
take, grasp
Forms
- tak-
- tók- — Old Norse past-tense stem, meaning ‘took.’
Origin
Reconstructed Proto-Germanic *takaną, ‘take’; its deeper ancestry is uncertain.
Note
A Scandinavian borrowing that displaced much of the native English verb for taking.
Words sharing this root
mistakeAn incorrect action or judgment, or to identify something incorrectly.takeA particular interpretation of something.takeTo require a certain amount of something.takeTo engage in an activity or process.takeOne recorded attempt at a performance.takeTo bring someone or something to a destination.undertakeTo agree to do something or begin a task.