Old High German denken

← Old English þencan (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *þankijan (inherited)

← Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (cognate)

← Old Norse þekkja (cognate)

← Old Dutch thenken (cognate)

← Old Saxon thenkian (cognate)

→ Old English þencan (cognate)

→ Cimbrian dénkhan (inherited)

→ Central Franconian denke (inherited)

→ Alemannic German tenke (inherited)

→ Luxembourgish denken (inherited)

→ Mòcheno denken (inherited)

→ Yiddish דענקען (inherited)