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
- hypothesis, hypothetical explanation; proposal,...
Ancestry of “denkpiste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | piste | piste; circus ring; trail, track |
| 2 | French | piste | track or trail; track; lead, hint |
| 3 | Italian | pista | track, trail, scent, clue; track, racetrack,... |
| 4 | Italian | pesta | footprint; mess, trouble; third-person singular... |
| 5 | Italian | pestare | to crush, grind, pound; to trample, step on,... |
| 6 | Latin | pisto | to pound |
| 7 | Latin | pīnsō | — |
| 8 | Spanish | pienso | animal feed; thought |
| 9 | Latin | pēnsum | — |
| 10 | Latin | pendō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |