Where does “önsketänk” come from?
önsketänk (Swedish) comes from Swedish tank, from Swedish tänka, from Old Swedish þænkia, from Old Norse þenkja, from Low German denken, from Middle Low German denken, from Old Saxon thenkian, from Proto-West Germanic þankijan — to think.
Ancestry of “önsketänk”, step by step
önsketänk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tank
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tank | tank (container for liquids) |
| 2 | Swedish | tänka | think; to ponder, to communicate to oneself in... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | þænkia | to perceive |
| 4 | Old Norse | þenkja | — |
| 5 | Low German | denken | to think |
| 6 | Middle Low German | denken | to think, to perceive |
| 7 | Old Saxon | thenkian | to think; to perceive |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | þankijan | to think |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þankijaną | to perceive, to think |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |