who coined the word "think"?

Question

I had heard that it was actually invented by someone in the late 1800's.

Answer 1

Papa Smurf?

Answer 2

It is a pre-Germanic word, from ancient Frisian "Thinka".

Here is the complete Etymology:

O.E. þencan "conceive in the mind, think, consider, intend" (past tense þohte, p.p. geþoht), probably originally "cause to appear to oneself," from P.Gmc. *thankjan (cf. O.Fris. thinka, O.S. thenkian, O.H.G. denchen, Ger. denken, O.N. þekkja, Goth. þagkjan); O.E. þencan is the causative form of the distinct O.E. verb þyncan "to seem or appear" (past tense þuhte, pp. geþuht), from P.Gmc. *thunkjan (cf. Ger. dünken, däuchte). Both are from PIE *tong- "to think, feel" which also is the root of thought and thank. The two meanings converged in M.E. and þyncan "to seem" was absorbed, except for archaic methinks "it seems to me." Jocular pp. thunk (not historical, but by analogy of drink, sink, etc.) is recorded from 1876. Think-tank is 1959 as "research institute" (first ref. is to Center for Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, Calif.); it had been colloquial for "the brain" since 1905.

Answer 3

WRONG!

Middle English thenken, from Old English thencan. See tong- in Indo-European Roots.]

Answer 4

Inflected Form(s): thought /'thot/; think·ing
Etymology: Middle English thenken, from Old English thencan; akin to Old High German denken to think, Latin tongEre to know

this from http://www.mm-w.com

Since iits form comes from middle english its obviously much much older word.

Answer 5

I would have to say, "Think again."

Etymology: Middle English thenken, from Old English thencan; akin to Old High German denken to think, Latin tongEre to know

Answer 6

I think I'm a piece of fruit. I think therefore I yam.

Answer 7

Must have been a really deep thinker !!

Answer 8

I don't know but they were using their head!

Answer 9

I think it was rodan
http://www.exolucid.com/bryan/images/paris_the_thinker.jpg

Answer 10

I "THIMK" it was IBM!