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English word thought comes from Proto-Indo-European *tong-, Old English geþeaht, and later Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (To perceive, to think.)
*tong- (Proto-Indo-European)
geþeaht (Old English)
*þankaz (Proto-Germanic)
Gratitude; thanks. Remembrance. Thought; mind; consideration.
*þankijaną (Proto-Germanic)
To perceive, to think.
*þanhtaz (Proto-Germanic)
Thought, idea.
ġeþōht (Old English)
þōht (Old English)
ithoȝt (Middle English)
thought (English)
(uncountable) The process by which such forms arise or are manipulated; thinking.. A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).. Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.