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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtankkausrefueling, tanking up
2Finnishtankatato fuel, to refuel; to stammer, to stutter, to...
3Finnishtankkitank
4Swedishtanktank (container for liquids)
5Swedishtänkathink; to ponder, to communicate to oneself in...
6Old Swedishþænkiato perceive
7Old Norseþenkja
8Low Germandenkento think
9Middle Low Germandenkento think, to perceive
10Old Saxonthenkianto think; to perceive
11Proto-West Germanicþankijanto think
12Proto-Germanicþankijanąto perceive, to think
13Proto-Indo-Europeanteng-to think

via Finnish itsepalvelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitsepalveluself-service
2Finnishpalveluservice
3Finnishpalvellato serve; Adessive singular form of palvi
4Finnishpalvoato worship; to love ardently
5Proto-Finnicpalvodakto ask for
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teng-Every word from Proto-Germanic þankijanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic þankijan