Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorysingular of thanks (“an expression of appreciation or gratitude; grateful feelings or thoughts; favour, goodwill, graciousness”)
From Middle English thank (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; attractiveness; commendation, praise; God’s grace; goodwill; merit, reward; mind, thought”), from Old English þanc, þonc (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; favour, grace; mind, thought; pleasure, satisfaction”), from Proto-Germanic *þankaz (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; mind, thought; remembrance”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to perceive; to think”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tonk (“thanks”), West Frisian tanke (“thanks”), Cimbrian dånke (“thanks”), Dutch dank (“thanks”), German Dank (“thanks”), Vilamovian dank, daŋk, daonk (“thanks”), Yiddish דאַנק (dank, “thanks”), Danish tak (“thanks”), Elfdalian tokk (“thanks”), Faroese takk, tøkk (“thanks”), Icelandic takk, þökk (“thanks”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk takk (“thanks”), Swedish tack (“thanks”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐍃 (þagks, “thanks”), Vandalic *þank- (“thanks”); also Latin tongeō (“to know”). For the think — thank relation, compare typologically Russian призна́тельный (priznátelʹnyj) (< знать (znatʹ).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*teng-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionthankenm · gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; attractiveness; commendation, praise; God’s grace; goodwill; merit, reward; mind, thought
- Inherited-form mentionþancang
- Inherited-form mention*þankazgem-pro · gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; mind, thought; remembrance
- Derivation mention*teng-ine-pro · to perceive; to think
- Cognate mentionTonkstq · thanks
- Cognate mentiontankefy · thanks
- Cognate mentiondånkecim · thanks
- Cognate mentiondanknl · thanks
- Cognate mentionDankde · thanks
- Cognate mentiondankwym
- Cognate mentionדאַנקyi · thanks
- Cognate mentiontakda · thanks
- Cognate mentiontokkovd · thanks
- Cognate mentiontakkfo
- Cognate mentiontakkis
- Cognate mentiontacksv · thanks
- Cognate mention𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐍃got · thanks
- Cognate mention*þank-xvn · thanks
- Cognate mentiontongeōla · to know
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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