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
- to think; to assume; to suspect
Ancestry of “думати”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old East Slavic | думати | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | dumati | to think |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | dōmijaną | to judge |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |