hink
Scots
verb
Definitions
- (many Scots dialects) to think.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English thinken inherited from Old English þencan inherited from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (think, perceive, percieve, suppose) derived from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (dip, think, soak, feel, know, moisten, wet).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*teng-
Gloss
dip, think, soak, feel, know, moisten, wet
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
知
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hinky English
- think English
- tingere Latin
- tingo Latin
- tongeo Latin
- *teng- Proto-Indo-European
- *þanhtaz Proto-Germanic
- *þankijaną Proto-Germanic
- *þankōs Proto-Germanic
- *þunkijaną Proto-Germanic
- *þunkōną Proto-Germanic
- geþeaht Old English
- þeaht Old English
- þencan Old English
- þenċan Old English
- thinken Middle English
- thynken Middle English
- hinka Old Norse
- þekkja Old Norse
- denken Old High German
- 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *þankijan gmw-pro
- thenken Old Dutch
- thenkian Old Saxon
- thenka Old Frisian