Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þankaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tóng-o-s, from *teng- (“to think, feel, perceive, know”).[1]

Noun

*þankaz m

  1. thought; mind; consideration
  2. remembrance
  3. gratitude; thanks

Inflection

Declension of *þankaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þankaz *þankōz, *þankōs
vocative *þank *þankōz, *þankōs
accusative *þanką *þankanz
genitive *þankas, *þankis *þankǫ̂
dative *þankai *þankamaz
instrumental *þankō *þankamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: þanc, þonc
  • Old Frisian: thank, thonk
    • Saterland Frisian: Tonk
    • West Frisian: tanck, tank
  • Old Saxon: thank
    • Middle Low German: dank
  • Old Dutch: thank
  • Old High German: danc
    • Middle High German: danc
      • German: Dank
      • Yiddish: דאַנק (dank)
      • → Old Czech: diek
      • → Old Polish: dzięka (see there for further descendants)
      • → Sorbian:
        • Lower Sorbian: źěk
        • Upper Sorbian: dźak
  • Old Norse: þǫkk (from *þankō)
  • Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐍃 (þagks)
  • Vandalic: *þank-

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þanka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 533
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