Where does “tenke” come from?

tenke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German denken, from Old Saxon thenkian, from Proto-West Germanic þankijan, from Proto-Germanic þankijaną, from Proto-Indo-European teng- — to think.

tenke (Norwegian Bokmål): to think

Definitions

  1. to think

Ancestry of “tenke”, step by step

tenke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German denken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germandenkento think, to perceive
2Old Saxonthenkianto think; to perceive
3Proto-West Germanicþankijanto think
4Proto-Germanicþankijanąto perceive, to think
5Proto-Indo-Europeanteng-to think

via English think

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

Words derived from “tenke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teng- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þankijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þankijan →