Where does “misstänksamhet” come from?
misstänksamhet (Swedish) comes from Swedish misstänksam, 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 — to think.
misstänksamhet (Swedish): suspicion, distrust ((frequent) harboring of suspicions)
Definitions
- suspicion, distrust ((frequent) harboring of suspicions)
Ancestry of “misstänksamhet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | misstänksam | suspicious harbouring suspicions; liable to suspect; distrustful |
| 2 | Swedish | misstänka | to suspect |
| 3 | Swedish | tänka | think; to ponder, to communicate to oneself in... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | þænkia | to perceive |
| 5 | Old Norse | þenkja | — |
| 6 | Low German | denken | to think |
| 7 | Middle Low German | denken | to think, to perceive |
| 8 | Old Saxon | thenkian | to think; to perceive |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | þankijan | to think |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | þankijaną | to perceive, to think |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |