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Where does “thenken” come from?

thenken (Middle English) comes from Old English þencan, from Proto-West Germanic þankijan, from Proto-Germanic þankijaną, from Proto-Indo-European teng- — to think.

thenken (Middle English): Alternative spelling of thinken

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of thinken

Ancestry of “thenken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþencanto think
2Proto-West Germanicþankijanto think
3Proto-Germanicþankijanąto perceive, to think
4Proto-Indo-Europeanteng-to think

Words derived from “thenken”

  • think
  • thinking
  • unthinkable
  • rethink
  • methinks
  • unthinking
  • thinkable
  • groupthink
  • thinkest
  • unthinkingly
  • freethinking
  • thunk
  • unthinkably
  • doublethink
  • outthink
  • unthink
  • nonthinking
  • unthinkability
  • thinkability
  • thinkingly
  • thinky
  • unthinkableness
  • misthink
  • thinkableness
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