Where does “thinsan” come from?

thinsan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic þinsaną, from Proto-Indo-European tens-, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

thinsan (Old Dutch): to drag; to draw out, to extract

Definitions

  1. to drag; to draw out, to extract

Ancestry of “thinsan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþinsanąto stretch
2Proto-Indo-Europeantens-to stretch
3Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “thinsan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tens- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þinsaną →