thanks

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*teng-“to think, feel”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*þankōs
3. Old English · inherited fromþancas“thanks”
4. Middle English · inherited fromthanks
5. English todaythanks

From Middle English thanks, thankes, from Old English þancas (“thanks”), from Proto-Germanic *þankōs, nominative plural of *þankaz (“thought, gratitude”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel”). More at thank.

Words from the same roots