Where does “misstänksam” come from?
misstänksam (Swedish) comes from Swedish misstänka, 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.
misstänksam (Swedish): suspicious harbouring suspicions; liable to suspect; distrustful
Definitions
- suspicious harbouring suspicions; liable to suspect; distrustful
Ancestry of “misstänksam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | misstänka | to suspect |
| 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 |