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
Ancestry of “dinsen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Dutch | thinsan | to drag; to draw out, to extract |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þinsaną | to stretch |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tens- | to stretch |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |