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
- to drag; to draw out, to extract
Ancestry of “thinsan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | þinsaną | to stretch |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | tens- | to stretch |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
Words derived from “thinsan”