Where does “tenketank” come from?
tenketank (Norwegian Bokmål) comes 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.
tenketank (Norwegian Bokmål): a think tank
Ancestry of “tenketank”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tenke | to think |
| 2 | Middle Low German | denken | to think, to perceive |
| 3 | Old Saxon | thenkian | to think; to perceive |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | þankijan | to think |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þankijaną | to perceive, to think |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |