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
denkpiste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch piste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to beat, pound |
| 8 | Spanish | pienso | animal feed; thought |
| 9 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 10 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |