Where does “mistenksomhet” come from?
mistenksomhet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mistenksom, 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.
mistenksomhet (Norwegian Bokmål): suspicion
Definitions
- suspicion
Ancestry of “mistenksomhet”, step by step
mistenksomhet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål mistenksom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | mistenksom | suspicious |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | mistenke | to suspect |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | tenke | to think |
| 4 | Middle Low German | denken | to think, to perceive |
| 5 | Old Saxon | thenkian | to think; to perceive |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | þankijan | to think |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | þankijaną | to perceive, to think |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |