Where does “dönke” come from?
dönke (Limburgish) comes from Middle Dutch dunken, from Old Dutch thunken, from Proto-West Germanic *þunkijan, from Proto-Germanic þunkijaną — to seem, to appear.
dönke (Limburgish): to appear, seem
Ancestry of “dönke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | dunken | to deem, to judge; to seem |
| 2 | Old Dutch | thunken | to seem, to appear |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *þunkijan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þunkijaną | to seem, to appear |
Words derived from “dönke”