Where does “thinko” come from?

thinko (English) comes from English think, from Middle English thinken, from Old English þyncan, from Proto-Germanic þunkijaną — to seem, to appear.

thinko (English): A careless mistake made in thinking

Definitions

  1. A careless mistake made in thinking

Ancestry of “thinko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthinkTo ponder, to go over in one's head; To...
2Middle EnglishthinkenTo think, ponder; to deduce, figure out; to...
3Old Englishþyncanto seem
4Proto-Germanicþunkijanąto seem, to appear
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