Where does “denkpiste” come from?

denkpiste (Dutch) comes from Dutch piste, from French piste, from Italian pista, from Italian pesta, from Italian pestare, from Latin pisto, from Latin pīnsō, from Spanish pienso — to stretch.

denkpiste (Dutch): hypothesis, hypothetical explanation; proposal,...

Definitions

  1. hypothesis, hypothetical explanation; proposal,...

Ancestry of “denkpiste”, step by step

denkpiste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch piste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpistepiste; circus ring; trail, track
2Frenchpistetrack or trail; track; lead, hint
3Italianpistatrack, trail, scent, clue; track, racetrack,...
4Italianpestafootprint; mess, trouble; third-person singular...
5Italianpestareto crush, grind, pound; to trample, step on,...
6Latinpistoto pound
7Latinpīnsōto beat, pound
8Spanishpiensoanimal feed; thought
9Latinpēnsumallotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day)
10Latinpendōto weigh, weigh out
11Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
12Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti
13Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

via Dutch denken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdenkento think
2Middle Dutchdenkento think
3Old Dutchthenkento think
4Proto-West Germanicþankijanto think
5Proto-Germanicþankijanąto perceive, to think
6Proto-Indo-Europeanteng-to think
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend-