Where does “dziękować” come from?
dziękować (Polish) comes from Old High German dankōn, from Proto-West Germanic *þankōn, from Proto-Germanic þankōną, from Proto-Germanic þankaz, from Proto-Indo-European teng- — to think.
dziękować (Polish): to thank
Ancestry of “dziękować”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | dankōn | to thank |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *þankōn | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þankōną | to thank |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þankaz | thought; mind; consideration; remembrance;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |
Words derived from “dziękować”