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Where does “tenkó-” come from?

tenkó- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European tenk- — to be solid, firm; to be suitable; to succeed,...

Ancestry of “tenkó-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantenk-to be solid, firm; to be suitable; to succeed,...

Words derived from “tenkó-”

  • thing
  • everything
  • plaything
  • thang
  • Storting
  • thingy
  • Althing
  • thingness
  • thinghood
  • thingie
  • thingification
  • dingus
  • thinglike
  • nonthing
  • thingify
  • posteverything
  • antieverything
  • manthing
  • thingish
  • underthing
  • thingo
  • thinger
  • thizz
  • werething
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