Where does “betänketid” come from?
betänketid (Swedish) comes from Swedish betänka, 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.
betänketid (Swedish): (limited) time to think (before giving an answer or making a decision or the like), thinking time, deliberation time
Definitions
- (limited) time to think (before giving an answer or making a decision or the like), thinking time, deliberation time
Ancestry of “betänketid”, step by step
betänketid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish betänka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | betänka | consider |
| 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 |
via Swedish tid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tid | time; time, period, era |
| 2 | Old Swedish | tiþ | time; occasion; moment |
| 3 | Old Norse | tíð | time; hour; divine service, prayers |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tīdiz | time; period, interval |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₂itis | interval, period of time |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂y- | to share, divide |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |