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English word think comes from Proto-Indo-European *tong-, and later Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (To perceive, to think.)

*tong- (Proto-Indo-European)

*tn̥g-ye/o- (Proto-Indo-European)

*þankaz (Proto-Germanic)

Gratitude; thanks. Remembrance. Thought; mind; consideration.

*þankijaną (Proto-Germanic)

To perceive, to think.

*þunkijaną (Proto-Germanic)

To seem, to appear.

þenċean (Old English)

þyncan (Old English)

(impersonal) to seem, appear (+ dative).

thenchen (Middle English)

think (English)

(chiefly, UK) An act of thinking; consideration (of something). (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.. (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).. (transitive) To be of the opinion (that).. (transitive) To consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.. (transitive) To [...]

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