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 , petrol tank
Ancestry of “bensiinitankki”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | tankki | tank |
| 2 | Swedish | tank | tank |
| 3 | Swedish | tänka | think; to ponder, to communicate to oneself in... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | þænkia | — |
| 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 |