Where does “tenderer” come from?

tenderer (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tendere, from German tendieren, from Latin tendere, from Proto-Indo-European tend-, from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- — to stretch, string; to cut.

tenderer (Norwegian Bokmål): present of tendere

Definitions

  1. present of tendere

Ancestry of “tenderer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltendereto tend
2Germantendierento tend toward/towards
3Latintenderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
5Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tend- →Every word from Latin tendere →