köken: From Middle Dutch denken, from Old Dutch thenken, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng-.
köken: */kamukapu/ → /kamuɡapu/ → /kanɡafu/ → /kanɡaferu/ (regular change for lower bigrade verbs) → */kangaweru/ (semi-regular sound shift for the /f/ phoneme; see ハ行(ぎょう)転(てん)呼(こ) (ha-gyō tenko)) → /kanɡajeru/ (semi-regular sound shift, collapsing /we/ into /je/) → /kanɡaeru/ From Old Japanese. First cited to the Nihon Shoki of 720. Ultimate derivation uncertain. Theories include: * Given the ancient…
to think (think to oneself, have a thought (process) in one's head) · to think (hard, in order to solve a problem or the like) · to keep in mind, to remember, be mindful of
çekim: geçmiş tänkte · ortaç tänkt · ulaç tänkande
eş: fundera, grubbla, grunna, ämna, avse
köken: From Old Swedish þænkia, from Middle Low German denken (“to perceive, think”), from Old Saxon thenkian. While nk attests to the Low German origin, the initial t must be due to influence by some inherited cognate. This is probably either tycka (“to have an opinion”) or Old Swedish þækkia (“to seem, think”).
köken: ajattaa + -ella, derived from ajattaa like ajatus, as well as aate and aatos through dialectal forms. While the exact development from a verb meaning “to drive; chase” to senses related to thinking is not entirely clear, one possibility is that they are figurative uses of some dialectal senses of ajattaa, particularly “to chase, hunt” and “to follow a trail”, hinting at a “to chase, hunt, follow…
to think something, to have some opinion (with -ról/-ről) · to think, guess, reckon in some way · to believe, imagine, consider, find someone or something to be someone or something else (with -nak/-nek)