Re: Danke - denken - dzienkuje - any connection?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Håkan Lindgren <h5@...> wrote:

>
> The words "thank" and "think" (in German "danken", "denken") are

similar in many Germanic languages. Are they related?

so far I remember they are related and the semantic evolution can be
seen as "I remember about you" aka "I think about you".

>
> Also, is there any connection between "danken" and the similar

words in some Slavic languages, such as

>
> dzienkuje (Polish)
> djakuju (Ukrainian)
> djekuji (Czech)
>
> I'm sorry if this has been discussed before - I searched the

archives without finding anything.

>
> Best regards,
> Hakan
>

it seems to me they are loans into some Slavic Languages from
Germanic. South Slavic and Russian knows other forms ( fala lepo,
spasiba). BTW, I guess Russian "spasiva" is a sortened form
from "spasi vam" but I am not sure. The relation of "spasiva" -
"spasi-vam" appears to be the same as in Rum. "multsumi" < multi
umili= much obliged..

Alex