Where does “dinsen” come from?

dinsen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch thinsan, from Proto-Germanic þinsaną, from Proto-Indo-European tens-, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

dinsen (Middle Dutch): to drag, to drag around

Definitions

  1. to drag, to drag around

Ancestry of “dinsen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchthinsanto drag; to draw out, to extract
2Proto-Germanicþinsanąto stretch
3Proto-Indo-Europeantens-to stretch
4Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tens- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þinsaną →