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