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