thenkian

Old Saxon

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-West Germanic *þankijan

Old Saxon thenkian

From Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng-.

Verb

thenkian

1. to think
2. to perceive

Conjugation

Conjugation of thenkian (weak class 1 irregular)

infinitive	thenkian
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	*thenkiu	thāhta
2nd person singular	*thenkis	thāhtes
3rd person singular	thenkid	thāhta
plural	*thenkiad	thāhtun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	*thenkie	thāhti
2nd person singular	*thenkies	thāhtis
3rd person singular	*thenkie	thāhti
plural	*thenkien	thāhtin
imperative	present
singular	*thenki
plural	*thenkiad
participle	present	past
	thenkiandi	githāht, thāht

Descendants

• 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
    • Elfdalian: taintja
    • Gutnish: tänke
    • Scanian: tæńḱa
  • → Polabian: denkot