Where does “Drucktank” come from?
Drucktank (German) comes from German Druck, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine — boundary, end.
Drucktank (German): pressure tank
Definitions
- pressure tank
Ancestry of “Drucktank”, step by step
Drucktank traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Druck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Druck | pressure; print |
| 2 | German | drücken | to press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;... |
| 3 | Middle High German | drücken | — |
| 4 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 8 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 9 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
via German tank
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | tank | singular imperative of tanken; first-person... |
| 2 | English | tank | A closed container for liquids or gases; An open... |
| 3 | Portuguese | tanque | tank; cistern; a sink used for laundry |
| 4 | Gujarati | ટાંકી | cistern, underwater water reservour |
| 5 | Prakrit | 𑀝𑀁𑀓 | — |
| 6 | Sanskrit | टङ्क | fruit of {{taxlink|Feronia elephantum|species}};... |