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Where does “dziękuję” come from?

dziękuję (Polish) comes from Polish dziękować, 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.

dziękuję (Polish): thank you; first-person singular present of...

Definitions

  1. thank you; first-person singular present of...

Ancestry of “dziękuję”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishdziękowaćto thank
2Old High Germandankōnto thank
3Proto-West Germanic*þankōn—
4Proto-Germanicþankōnąto thank
5Proto-Germanicþankazthought; mind; consideration; remembrance;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanteng-to think

Words derived from “dziękuję”

  • dzięki
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teng- →