taca (2) | OEDoS

taca (2) f. (Noun) "stain" 12th cent. From Vulgar Latin *tacca 'id.' Borrowed from a Germanic language with the structure *taik(k)- "sign" (cf. Gothic taikns "omen"). Derived from Proto-Germanic *taikna- "sign." Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European root *dei̯ḱ- meaning "to show." Indo-European Romance Catalan taca, Occitan taca, Italian tacca Germanic Gothic taikns "omen," Old Norse teikn "sign," Old High German zeihhan "sign," Old Dutch teikan 'id.,' Old Saxon tēken 'id.,' Old Frisian tēken 'id.,' Old English tācn 'id.' (English token) Hellenic Ancient Greek δεικνῠ́ναι (deiknynai) "to point out" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit diś "to point out" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Kroonen, G. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.