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

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension 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
- Middle English: thank, thonk
  - Scots: thank, thanks
  - English: thank, thanks
Old Frisian: thank, thonk
- Saterland Frisian: Tonk
- West Frisian: tanck, tank
Old Saxon: thanc, thank
- Middle Low German: dank, danke
  - Low German: Dank
Old Dutch: *thanc, thank
- Middle Dutch: danc
  - Dutch: dank
    - Afrikaans: dank
      - ⇒ Afrikaans: dankie
Old High German: danc
- Middle High German: danc
  - German: Dank
  - Yiddish: דאַנק (dank)
  - → Old Czech: diek
    - Czech: dík
  - → Old Polish: dzięka (see there for further descendants)
Old Norse: þǫkk (from *þankō)
- Icelandic: þökk
- Faroese: tøkk
- Norwegian: takk
- Elfdalian: tokk
- Old Swedish: þak
  - Swedish: tack
- Danish: tak
  - → Faroese: takk
  - → Icelandic: takk
Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐍃 (þagks)
Vandalic: *þank-

References

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

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

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