Where does “tenkja” come from?
tenkja (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse þenkja, from Low German denken, 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.
tenkja (Norwegian Nynorsk): to think
Ancestry of “tenkja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | þenkja | — |
| 2 | Low German | denken | to think |
| 3 | Middle Low German | denken | to think, to perceive |
| 4 | Old Saxon | thenkian | to think; to perceive |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | þankijan | to think |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þankijaną | to perceive, to think |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |