Hyphenation
 be·thinkPronunciation
 Etymology
  ()  From Middle English bethenken, bithenchen "to think about, consider" from Old English beþenċan, biþenċan "to think upon, remind, consider, remember" from Proto-Germanic *biþankijanan (“to think about”), equivalent to be- + think. Akin to Old High German pidenchan "to bethink" (German bedenken "to bethink"), Gothic  (biþagkjan), Dutch bedenken "to bethink". More at be-, think.