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Where does “думати” come from?

думати (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic dumati, from Proto-Germanic dōmijaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

Ancestry of “думати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdumatito think
2Proto-Germanicdōmijanąto judge
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “думати”

  • domāšana
  • domāt
  • думати
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →