Where does “tenker” come from?

tenker (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tenke, 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.

tenker (Norwegian Bokmål): a thinker, philosopher; present tense of tenke

Definitions

  1. a thinker, philosopher; present tense of tenke

Ancestry of “tenker”, step by step

tenker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål tenke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltenketo think
2Middle Low Germandenkento think, to perceive
3Old Saxonthenkianto think; to perceive
4Proto-West Germanicþankijanto think
5Proto-Germanicþankijanąto perceive, to think
6Proto-Indo-Europeanteng-to think

via Norwegian Bokmål er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålerpresent of være
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teng- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þankijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þankijan →