Where does “tankelæser” come from?

tankelæser (Danish) comes from Danish læser, from Danish læse, from Old Danish læsæ, from Old Norse læsa, from Old Norse láss, from Hungarian lát, from German lōt, from Hebrew לוֹט — myrrh.

tankelæser (Danish): mind-reader

Definitions

  1. mind-reader

Ancestry of “tankelæser”, step by step

tankelæser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish læser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishlæserreader; present of læse
2Danishlæseto read; to study formally
3Old Danishlæsælock; read; collect
4Old Norselæsato lock
5Old Norselásslock
6Hungarianlátto see
7Germanlōtplummet device for measuring water depth
8Hebrewלוֹטmyrrh

via Danish tanke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishtankethought; idea; intension
2Old Danishtanckæ—
3Middle Low Germandanke—
4Old Saxonthanc—
5Proto-Germanicþankazthought; mind; consideration; remembrance;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanteng-to think
Every word from Hebrew לוֹט →Every word from German lōt →Every word from Hungarian lát →