Where does “bensiinitankki” come from?
bensiinitankki (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.
bensiinitankki (Finnish): gas tank US, petrol tank UK fuel tank for gasoline built into equipment, especially vehicles
Definitions
- gas tank US, petrol tank UK fuel tank for gasoline built into equipment, especially vehicles
Ancestry of “bensiinitankki”, step by step
bensiinitankki 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 bensiini
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | bensiini | gasoline US, petrol UK |
| 2 | Swedish | bensin | gasoline, petrol |
| 3 | German | Benzin | petrol, gasoline |
| 4 | German | -īn | creates the female form for many nouns for living beings; umlaut usually occurs in monosyllables, but rarely in polysyllables |
| 5 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |