Where does “tink” come from?

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

tink (Nigerian Pidgin): think

Definitions

  1. think

Ancestry of “tink”, 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
Every word from Proto-Germanic þunkijaną →Every word from Old English þyncan →Every word from Middle English thinken →