Where does “itsepalvelutankkaus” come from?
itsepalvelutankkaus (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.
itsepalvelutankkaus (Finnish): self-service filling act of filling up one's car as self-service
Definitions
- self-service filling act of filling up one's car as self-service
Ancestry of “itsepalvelutankkaus”, step by step
itsepalvelutankkaus 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 |
via Finnish itsepalvelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | itsepalvelu | self-service |
| 2 | Finnish | palvelu | service |
| 3 | Finnish | palvella | to serve; Adessive singular form of palvi |
| 4 | Finnish | palvoa | to worship; to love ardently |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | palvodak | to ask for |