Where does “ilmatankkauskone” come from?
ilmatankkauskone (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilmatankkaus, from Finnish tankkaus, from Finnish tankata, from Finnish tankki, from Swedish tank, from Swedish tänka, from Old Swedish þænkia, from Old Norse þenkja — to think.
ilmatankkauskone (Finnish): aerial refueling aircraft
Definitions
- aerial refueling aircraft
Ancestry of “ilmatankkauskone”, step by step
ilmatankkauskone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ilmatankkaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ilmatankkaus | aerial refueling |
| 2 | Finnish | tankkaus | refueling, tanking up |
| 3 | Finnish | tankata | to fuel, to refuel; to stammer, to stutter, to... |
| 4 | Finnish | tankki | tank |
| 5 | Swedish | tank | tank (container for liquids) |
| 6 | Swedish | tänka | think; to ponder, to communicate to oneself in... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | þænkia | to perceive |
| 8 | Old Norse | þenkja | — |
| 9 | Low German | denken | to think |
| 10 | Middle Low German | denken | to think, to perceive |
| 11 | Old Saxon | thenkian | to think; to perceive |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | þankijan | to think |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | þankijaną | to perceive, to think |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |