þyncan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- (impersonal) to seem (+ dative)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *þunkijaną (seem, appear).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*þunkijaną
Gloss
seem, appear
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forthink English
- *teng- Proto-Indo-European
- *þunkijaną Proto-Germanic
- tykkja Norwegian Nynorsk
- forthinken Middle English
- þykkja Old Norse
- þykja Icelandic
- dunken Old High German
- dunken Middle High German
- 𐌸𐌿𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- thunken Old Dutch
- thunkian Old Saxon
- þykkia Old Swedish
- dünken Low German
- thykk(i)æ, thykkiæ Old Danish