thenken

== Middle English == === Verb === thenken (third-person singular simple present thenketh, present participle thenkende, first-/third-person singular past indicative thoght, past participle ithoght) alternative spelling of thinken == Old Dutch == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *þankijan. === Verb === thenken to think ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: denkenDutch: denken, (dialectal) dinkenAfrikaans: dink, denkJersey Dutch: dänkeNegerhollands: denk, dink, diṅk, diṅg, diṅ→ Aukan: denki→ Sranan Tongo: denki→ Caribbean Javanese: dèngki→ Saramaccan: tíngaLimburgish: dinke ==== Further reading ==== “thenken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old High German == === Alternative forms === denken === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, akin to Old Saxon thenkian, Old Dutch thenken, Old English þencan, Old Norse þekkja, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þagkjan). === Verb === thenken to think ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: denken Alemannic German: tenke Bavarian: Cimbrian: dénkhan Mòcheno: denken German: denken Yiddish: דענקען (denken)