Where does “думати” come from?

думати (Ukrainian) comes from Old East Slavic думати, from Proto-Slavic dumati, from Proto-Germanic dōmijaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

думати (Ukrainian): to think; to assume; to suspect

Definitions

  1. to think; to assume; to suspect

Ancestry of “думати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicдумати—
2Proto-Slavicdumatito think
3Proto-Germanicdōmijanąto judge
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “думати”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dōmijaną →Every word from Proto-Slavic dumati →