The story
- Proto-Germanic*talōną
- Proto-West Germanic*talōn
- Proto-West Germanic*talkōn
- Old English*tealcian
- Middle Englishtalken
- Englishtalk
- Tok Pisintok
- Esperantobona
- EnglishToki Pona
- English todaytokiponization
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.