Where does “think” come from?

Think comes from Middle English thynken, from Old English þyncan, from Proto-Germanic þunkijaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European teng-.

think (English): To ponder, to go over in one's head; To...

Definitions

  1. To ponder, to go over in one's head; To...

Ancestry of “think”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishthinkenTo think, ponder; to deduce, figure out; to...
2Old Englishþyncanto seem
3Proto-Germanicþunkijanąto seem, to appear

Words derived from “think”

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