Where does “Denkfehler” come from?

Denkfehler (German) comes from German denken, from Middle High German denken, from Old High German denken, from Proto-West Germanic þankijan, from Proto-Germanic þankijaną, from Proto-Indo-European teng- — to think.

Denkfehler (German): faulty reasoning

Definitions

  1. faulty reasoning

Ancestry of “Denkfehler”, step by step

Denkfehler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German denken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandenkento think; to think about; not to forget; to...
2Middle High Germandenken—
3Old High Germandenkento think
4Proto-West Germanicþankijanto think
5Proto-Germanicþankijanąto perceive, to think
6Proto-Indo-Europeanteng-to think

via German Fehler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFehlerfault, error, mistake
2Germanfehlento lack; to be absent from, to be missing from,...
3Middle High Germanvælen—
4Old Frenchfailliralternative infinitive of falir; to fail, err
5Latinfallēre—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teng- →