Where does “thinken” come from?

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

thinken (Middle English): To think, ponder; to deduce, figure out; to...

Definitions

  1. To think, ponder; to deduce, figure out; to...

Ancestry of “thinken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþyncanto seem
2Proto-Germanicþunkijanąto seem, to appear

Words derived from “thinken”

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