Where does “mistenksam” come from?
mistenksam (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk mistenkja, from Norwegian Nynorsk tenkja, from Old Norse þenkja, from Low German denken, from Middle Low German denken, from Old Saxon thenkian, from Proto-West Germanic þankijan, from Proto-Germanic þankijaną — to think.
mistenksam (Norwegian Nynorsk): suspicious
Definitions
- suspicious
Ancestry of “mistenksam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | mistenkja | to suspect |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | tenkja | to think |
| 3 | Old Norse | þenkja | — |
| 4 | Low German | denken | to think |
| 5 | Middle Low German | denken | to think, to perceive |
| 6 | Old Saxon | thenkian | to think; to perceive |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þankijan | to think |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þankijaną | to perceive, to think |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |