Where does “otänkbarhet” come from?
otänkbarhet (Swedish) comes from Swedish otänkbar, from Swedish tänkbar, 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.
otänkbarhet (Swedish): unthinkableness
Definitions
- unthinkableness
Ancestry of “otänkbarhet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | otänkbar | unthinkable, unimaginable, inconceivable |
| 2 | Swedish | tänkbar | imaginable, conceivable |
| 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 |