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Where does “thunken” come from?

thunken (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *þunkijan, from Proto-Germanic þunkijaną — to seem, to appear.

thunken (Old Dutch): to seem, to appear

Definitions

  1. to seem, to appear

Ancestry of “thunken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*þunkijan—
2Proto-Germanicþunkijanąto seem, to appear

Words derived from “thunken”

  • dunken
  • dunk
  • dunken
  • tönk
  • tönke
  • dönke
Every word from Proto-Germanic þunkijaną →