Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þankijan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þankijaną.

Verb

*þankijan

to think

Inflection

Class 1 weak j-present
Infinitive	*þankijan
1st sg. past	*þanhtā
Infinitive	*þankijan
Genitive infin.	*þankijannjas
Dative infin.	*þankijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*þankijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*þankiju	*þanhtā
2nd singular	*þankisi	þanhtēs, þanhtōs
3rd singular	*þankiþi	þanhtē, þanhtā
1st plural	*þankijum	*þanhtum
2nd plural	*þankiþ	*þanhtud
3rd plural	*þankijanþ	*þanhtun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*þankijē	*þanhtī
2nd singular	*þankijēs	*þanhtī
3rd singular	*þankijē	*þanhtī
1st plural	*þankijēm	*þanhtīm
2nd plural	*þankijēþ	*þanhtīd
3rd plural	*þankijēn	*þanhtīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*þanki
Plural	*þankiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*þankijandī	*þanht

Descendants

Old English: þenċan, þenċean
- Middle English: thinken, thenchen, thenken, thynken, thinke, think
  - English: think
  - Scots: think, thynk
Old Frisian: thenka
- North Frisian: teenk, taanke, tanke, tånke
- Saterland Frisian: toanke
- West Frisian: tinke
Old Saxon: thenkian
- Middle Low German: denken
  - Low German: denken, dinken
  - → Old Norse: þenkja
    - Faroese: teinkja
    - Norwegian: tenke
    - Old Swedish: þænkia
      - Swedish: tänka
    - Old Danish: thænkæ
      - Danish: tænke
    - Westrobothnian: taaintj
    - Elfdalian: taintja
    - Gutnish: tänke
    - Scanian: tæńḱa
Old Dutch: thenken
- Middle Dutch: denken
  - Dutch: denken
    - Afrikaans: dink
    - → Sranan Tongo: denki
  - Limburgish: dinke
Old High German: denken
- Middle High German: denken
  - Alemannic German: tenke
  - Cimbrian: dénkhan
  - German: denken
  - Yiddish: דענקען‎ (denken)