Etymology Explorer
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Where does “dank” come from?
dank (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic þankaz, from Proto-Indo-European teng- — to think.
Ancestry of “dank”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
þankaz
thought; mind; consideration; remembrance;...
2
Proto-Indo-European
teng-
to think
Words derived from “dank”
dank
Dank
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