Etymology

Formed on þynke; cp. OIcel forþykkja, MHG verdunken.

PGmc Ancestor

*þunkjan-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

þykkja 'to seem'; cp. forþykkja
(ONP þykkja (2) (vb.); forþykkja (2) (vb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far tykja, Icel þykja, Norw tykkja, ODan thykk(i)æ, Dan tykkes, OSw þykkia, Sw tycka(s)

OE Cognate

þyncan 'to seem'

Phonological and morphological markers

[absence of palatalization of */k/] (possibly diagnostic)

Summary category

CCC2

Attestation

See þynke.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

WA 1464

Bibliography

MED forthinken (v.), OED forthink (v.), Dance þynke, de Vries þykkja (2), Mag. þykja, Bj-L. tykke, Orel *þunkjanan, Kroonen *þunkjan-, AEW ðyncan