Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “teng-”

400 words across 55 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European teng- — including think, thought, thinking, thank, thanks, ta, Thanksgiving, tint.

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English (138)

Dutch (40)

Latin (22)

German (17)

Italian (16)

Norwegian Bokmål (10)

French (9)

Portuguese (9)

Old English (9)

Swedish (8)

Icelandic (8)

Spanish (6)

Danish (5)

Middle Dutch (5)

Scots (5)

Saterland Frisian (5)

Faroese (4)

Luxembourgish (4)

Old Frisian (4)

Hungarian (4)

Yiddish (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Middle English (4)

Old Dutch (3)

Volapük (3)

Esperanto (3)

Afrikaans (3)

Old High German (3)

Polish (3)

Old Norse (3)

Old Saxon (3)

Tok Pisin (3)

Chinese (2)

Hunsrik (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Catalan (2)

Czech (2)

Friulian (2)

Gothic (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Old French (2)

Norman (2)

North Frisian (1)

West Frisian (1)

Low German (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Japanese (1)

Nigerian Pidgin (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Corsican (1)

Slovak (1)

Middle French (1)

Romanian (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Finnish (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European teng- — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer