Etymology

dankie

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Today it means: Thanks. Full definition →

Afrikaans dankie ← Dutch dank je
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromdank je
  2. Afrikaans · borrowed fromdankie
  3. English todaydankie

Borrowed from Afrikaans dankie, from Dutch dank je.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.