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]

    Compare typologically Russian призна́тельный (priznátelʹnyj) (< знать (znatʹ)).

    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
    • 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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