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DANK
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Origin and Meaning
Ancient Germanic
*thanka- = 'thinking', 'remembrance', 'thought', 'thank' [1]
*thankjan = 'to think' [1]
Old High German
Danc- = 'thought' [2]
thank = 'thinking', 'remembrance', 'thought', 'thank' [1]
denken = 'to think' [1]
Old Saxon
thank = 'thinking', 'remembrance', 'thought', 'thank' [1]
Middle High German
denken = 'to think' [1]
High German
Gedanke = 'thought' [3]
Low German
tanke = 'thought' [3]
Old Swedish
þanke = 'thought' [3]
Related Names
See Tamme (Low German/Frisian) and Tanne (Low German/Frisian)
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| RAD | see Dankrad (German) |
| VARD | see Dankward (German) |