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Where does “þankōs” come from?
þankōs (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic þankaz, from Proto-Indo-European teng- — to think.
Ancestry of “þankōs”, 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 “þankōs”
thanks
Thanksgiving
thanksgiving
prescience
10x
thanx
thanksgiver
dank
þancas
danksagen
dankbar
thanks
danko
thankes
Dankesrede
undankbar
Danksagung
Dankbarkeit
nedankinde
thanksgive
thankies
Dankbarkeitsbeweis
kthanksbye
mucho thankso
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