Where does “bensatankki” come from?
bensatankki (Finnish) comes from Finnish tankki, from Swedish tank, from Swedish tänka, from Old Swedish þænkia, from Old Norse þenkja, from Low German denken, from Middle Low German denken, from Old Saxon thenkian — to think.
Ancestry of “bensatankki”, step by step
bensatankki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tankki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tankki | tank |
| 2 | Swedish | tank | tank (container for liquids) |
| 3 | Swedish | tänka | think; to ponder, to communicate to oneself in... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | þænkia | to perceive |
| 5 | Old Norse | þenkja | — |
| 6 | Low German | denken | to think |
| 7 | Middle Low German | denken | to think, to perceive |
| 8 | Old Saxon | thenkian | to think; to perceive |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | þankijan | to think |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | þankijaną | to perceive, to think |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |
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 |