þenkja
Icelandic
verb-weak
Definitions
- to think, to consider
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse þenkja derived from Low German denken (think) derived from Middle Low German denken (think, remember) derived from Old Saxon thenkian.
Origin
Old Saxon
thenkian
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tenke Norwegian Bokmål
- *þankijaną Proto-Germanic
- tenkja Norwegian Nynorsk
- þekkja Old Norse
- þenkja Old Norse
- þankastrik Icelandic
- þanki Icelandic
- teinkja Faroese
- *þankijan gmw-pro
- andenken Middle Low German
- danke Middle Low German
- denken Middle Low German
- thenkian Old Saxon
- undarthenkian Old Saxon
- þænkia Old Swedish
- denken Low German