Where does “ilmatankkaus” come from?
ilmatankkaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tankkaus, from Finnish tankata, from Finnish tankki, from Swedish tank, from Swedish tänka, from Old Swedish þænkia, from Old Norse þenkja, from Low German denken — to think.
ilmatankkaus (Finnish): aerial refueling
Definitions
- aerial refueling
Ancestry of “ilmatankkaus”, step by step
ilmatankkaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tankkaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tankkaus | refueling, tanking up |
| 2 | Finnish | tankata | to fuel, to refuel; to stammer, to stutter, to... |
| 3 | Finnish | tankki | tank |
| 4 | Swedish | tank | tank (container for liquids) |
| 5 | Swedish | tänka | think; to ponder, to communicate to oneself in... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | þænkia | to perceive |
| 7 | Old Norse | þenkja | — |
| 8 | Low German | denken | to think |
| 9 | Middle Low German | denken | to think, to perceive |
| 10 | Old Saxon | thenkian | to think; to perceive |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | þankijan | to think |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | þankijaną | to perceive, to think |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |