tänka
Swedish
verb-reg
Definitions
- think; to ponder, to communicate to oneself in one's mind
- (with "på") keep in mind; be aware of
- intend; to plan on; to mean
- (reflexive) have on one's mind; have as a (preconceived) plan
- (reflexive) consider as viable
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish þænkia derived from Middle Low German denken (think, remember) derived from Old Saxon thenkian derived from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (think, perceive, percieve, suppose) derived from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (dip, think, soak, feel, know, moisten, wet).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*teng-
Gloss
dip, think, soak, feel, know, moisten, wet
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
知
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterthink English
- badthink English
- bethink English
- crimethink English
- doublethink English
- forethink English
- forthink English
- goodthink English
- groupthink English
- herdthink English
- interthink English
- misthink English
- outthink English
- overthink English
- rethink English
- think English
- think meat English
- thinkable English
- thinker English
- thinkest English
- thinketh English
- thinking English
- thinko English
- thinksome English
- thinky English
- umbethink English
- underthink English
- unthink English
- unthinkable English
- whaddayathink English
- wrongthink English
- tingere Latin
- tingo Latin
- tongeo Latin
- *teng- Proto-Indo-European
- tenke Norwegian Bokmål
- *þanhtaz Proto-Germanic
- *þankijaną Proto-Germanic
- *þankōs Proto-Germanic
- *þunkijaną Proto-Germanic
- *þunkōną Proto-Germanic
- miss- Swedish
- misstanke Swedish
- misstänka Swedish
- misstänksam Swedish
- omtanke Swedish
- tanke Swedish
- tänkare Swedish
- tänkbar Swedish
- geþeaht Old English
- þeaht Old English
- þencan Old English
- þenċan Old English
- thinken Middle English
- þekkja Old Norse
- tænke Danish
- denken Old High German
- teinkja Faroese
- 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *þankijan gmw-pro
- thenken Old Dutch
- andenken Middle Low German
- danke Middle Low German
- denken Middle Low German
- thenkian Old Saxon
- undarthenkian Old Saxon
- þanke Old Swedish
- þænkia Old Swedish
- thenka Old Frisian
- tik Volapük
- tikön Volapük
- ting Tok Pisin
- tingting Tok Pisin
- denken Low German
- thænkia Old Danish
- tink Nigerian Pidgin