Proto-Indo-European

*teng-

‘to think’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *teng-.

28 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *teng-, most familiar first.

• think ← thinken ← þenċan ← *þankijan ← *þankijaną
• thought ← þōht ← *þą̄ht ← *þanhtaz ← *þankijaną
• thank ← þanc ← *þankaz
• thanks ← þancas ← *þankōs ← *þankaz
• thinking ← thenkinge ← þenċende ← *þankijandz ← *þankijaną
• tent ← tinto ← tīnctus ← tingo ← *tengō
• dunk ← dunke ← dunken ← dunkōn ← *þunkōn
• thoughtless ← thought ← thought ← þōht ← *þą̄ht
• methinks ← me thinketh ← mē ← þyncan ← *þunkijaną
• tinge ← tingere ← tingō ← *tengō
• tincture ← tīnctūra ← tingō ← *tengō
• forethought ← forethouht ← foreþenċan ← þenċan ← *þankijan

More words from *teng-

• aforethought
• bethink
• tinct
• demitint
• forethink
• intinction
• metathought
• misthought
• teinture
• thinken
• thinkism
• tingible
• tinctura
• tingent
• tinction
• umbethink

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *teng-