Where does “bensalenkkari” come from?
bensalenkkari (Finnish) comes from Finnish lenkkari, from Finnish lenkkitossu, from Finnish lenkki, from Swedish länk, from Old Swedish lænker, from Old Norse hlenkr, from Proto-Germanic hlankiz, from Proto-Germanic hlankaz — to turn, bend; to bend, turn, wind, twist.
bensalenkkari (Finnish): a male teen or young adult, often a vocational school student, that is really into cars the vocational school association gives the term certain stereotypes, e.g. of relatively low intelligence, unruly behavior and alcoholism
Definitions
- a male teen or young adult, often a vocational school student, that is really into cars the vocational school association gives the term certain stereotypes, e.g. of relatively low intelligence, unruly behavior and alcoholism
Ancestry of “bensalenkkari”, step by step
bensalenkkari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lenkkari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lenkkari | running shoe, sneaker, trainer, tennis shoe; in... |
| 2 | Finnish | lenkkitossu | running shoe, sneaker, trainer, tennis shoe |
| 3 | Finnish | lenkki | A link of a chain; Any reasonably large loop or... |
| 4 | Swedish | länk | a link |
| 5 | Old Swedish | lænker | link |
| 6 | Old Norse | hlenkr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hlankiz | ring; chainlink; bond; fetter |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hlankaz | flexible; bendsome; slim; slender; sleek |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kleng- | to turn, bend; to bend, turn, wind, twist |
via Finnish bensa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | bensa | gas, gasoline, petrol |
| 2 | Finnish | bensiini | gasoline US, petrol UK |
| 3 | Swedish | bensin | gasoline, petrol |
| 4 | German | Benzin | petrol, gasoline |
| 5 | German | -īn | creates the female form for many nouns for living beings; umlaut usually occurs in monosyllables, but rarely in polysyllables |
| 6 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |