Proto-Germanic
*þankijaną
‘to perceive, to think’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *þankijaną.
13 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, most familiar first.
- think ← thinken ← þenċan ← *þankijan
- thought ← þōht ← *þą̄ht ← *þanhtaz
- thinking ← thenkinge ← þenċende ← *þankijandz
- thoughtless ← thought ← thought ← þōht ← *þą̄ht
- forethought ← forethouht ← foreþenċan ← þenċan ← *þankijan
- aforethought ← thought ← thought ← þōht ← *þą̄ht
- bethink ← bethenken ← beþenċan ← *biþankijaną
- forethink ← forethynken ← fōreþenċan ← þenċan ← *þankijan
- metathought ← thought ← thought ← þōht ← *þą̄ht
- misthought ← thought ← thought ← þōht ← *þą̄ht
- thinken ← þenċan ← *þankijan
- thinkism ← think ← thinken ← þenċan ← *þankijan
More words from *þankijaną
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *þankijaną