Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þunkijan

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 *þunkijaną.

Verb

*þunkijan

to seem, to appear

Inflection

Class 1 weak j-present
Infinitive	*þunkijan
1st sg. past	*þǭhtā
Infinitive	*þunkijan
Genitive infin.	*þunkijannjas
Dative infin.	*þunkijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*þunkijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*þunkiju	*þǭhtā
2nd singular	*þunkisi	þǭhtēs, þǭhtōs
3rd singular	*þunkiþi	þǭhtē, þǭhtā
1st plural	*þunkijum	*þǭhtum
2nd plural	*þunkiþ	*þǭhtud
3rd plural	*þunkijanþ	*þǭhtun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*þunkijē	*þǭhtī
2nd singular	*þunkijēs	*þǭhtī
3rd singular	*þunkijē	*þǭhtī
1st plural	*þunkijēm	*þǭhtīm
2nd plural	*þunkijēþ	*þǭhtīd
3rd plural	*þunkijēn	*þǭhtīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*þunki
Plural	*þunkiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*þunkijandī	*þǭht

Descendants

Old English: þyncan, þynċean
- Middle English: thynken, thunken, thunchen
  - Scots: think, me-think
  - English: think (“to seem”), methinks
Old Frisian: thinka, thinza, thinsza, tinsa
- Saterland Frisian: tinke
- West Frisian: tinckje, tinkje
Old Saxon: thunkian
- Middle Low German: dünken, dunken
  - Low German: dünken
Old Dutch: thunken
- Middle Dutch: dunken
  - Dutch: dunken
  - Limburgish: dönke
Old High German: dunken
- Middle High German: dunken, tunken
  - German: dünken
  - Luxembourgish: dénken