Where does “mistenksom” come from?

mistenksom (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mistenke, from Norwegian Bokmål tenke, from Middle Low German denken, from Old Saxon thenkian, from Proto-West Germanic þankijan, from Proto-Germanic þankijaną, from Proto-Indo-European teng- — to think.

mistenksom (Norwegian Bokmål): suspicious

Definitions

  1. suspicious

Ancestry of “mistenksom”, step by step

mistenksom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål mistenke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmistenketo suspect
2Norwegian Bokmåltenketo think
3Middle Low Germandenkento think, to perceive
4Old Saxonthenkianto think; to perceive
5Proto-West Germanicþankijanto think
6Proto-Germanicþankijanąto perceive, to think
7Proto-Indo-Europeanteng-to think

via Norwegian Bokmål søm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsøma seam
2Old Norsesaumrseam, nails
3Old Norsesýjato sew
4Proto-Germanicsiwjanąto sew
5Proto-Indo-Europeansīw-to sew

Words derived from “mistenksom”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teng- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þankijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þankijan →