Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þanhtaz

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

Alternative forms

*þanhtiz, *þanhtą

Etymology

From *þankijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθɑ̃ːx.tɑz/

Noun

*þanhtaz m

thought, idea

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *þanhtaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þanhtaz	þanhtōz, þanhtōs
vocative	*þanht	þanhtōz, þanhtōs
accusative	*þanhtą	*þanhtanz
genitive	þanhtas, þanhtis	*þanhtǫ̂
dative	*þanhtai	*þanhtamaz
instrumental	*þanhtō	*þanhtamiz

Synonyms

*þankaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *þą̄ht
- Old English: þōht m or n, ġeþōht m or n, þeaht n, ġeþeaht f or n
  - Middle English: ȝeþoȝt, ithoght, thought
    - Scots: thocht
    - English: thought
- Old Frisian: thōchte, gethāht, *thāht
  - Saterland Frisian: Toacht
  - West Frisian: dacht (in compounds)
- Old Saxon: githāht f
  - Middle Low German: gedahte, gedochte
    - Low German: Gedacht (rare), Andacht
- Old Dutch: *githāht (attested as plural githāhti)
  - Middle Dutch: gedachte, ghedachte, ghedochte
    - Dutch: gedachte
      - Afrikaans: gedagte
- Old High German: gidāht, gedāht, *dāht, anadāht
  - Middle High German: gedǣhte, dāht f, andāht
    - German: Andacht
Old Norse: þóttr m, þótti n
⇒ Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (andaþāhts) (adjective)