Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/tong-

This entry contains Proto-Indo-European reconstructed words 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-Indo-European

Verb

*tong-

1. To think.

Descendants

• Albanian: ndihem ("to feel")
• Germanic: *þankijaną ("to think")
  • Old English: þencan, þenċan ("to think")
    • Middle English: thenken, thenchen ("to think")
      • English: think
  • Old Saxon: thenkian ("to think")
  • Old Dutch: thenken ("to think")
    • Middle Dutch: denken ("to think")
      • Dutch: denken ("to think")
      • Afrikaans: dink ("to think")
  • Old High German: denken ("to think")
    • German: denken ("to think")
  • Old Norse: þekkja ("to know")
    • Danish: tækkes ("to know")
    • Faroese: tekkja ("to know")
    • Icelandic: þekkja ("to know")
    • Norwegian: tenke ("to know")
  • Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þagkjan) ("to think")
• Germanic: *þunkijaną ("to seem")
  • Old English: þyncan, þynċan ("to seem")
    • Middle English: thünken, thynken, thünchen, thinchen
      • English: think ("to seem"), methinks
  • Old Saxon: thunkian
  • Old Dutch: *thunken ("to seem")
  • Dutch: dunken ("to seem")
  • Old High German: dunken ("to seem")
    • German: dünken ("to seem")
  • Old Norse: þykkja ("to think")
    • Danish: tykkes ("to think")
    • Faroese: -tykkja
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: tykkja ("to think")
    • Swedish: tycka ("to think")
  • Gothic: 𐌸𐌿𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þugkjan)
• Latin: tongere ("to know")
• Sanskrit: दाध्याति (dhyai, "to meditate")