Where does “snabbtänkt” come from?

snabbtänkt (Swedish) comes from Swedish snabb, from Middle High German snaben — to snap, snort.

snabbtänkt (Swedish): quick-thinking

Definitions

  1. quick-thinking

Ancestry of “snabbtänkt”, step by step

snabbtänkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish snabb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsnabbfast, quick; fast, fast-blow
2Middle High Germansnabento snap, snort

via Swedish tänkt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtänktplanned

Words derived from “snabbtänkt”

Every word from Middle High German snaben →Every word from Swedish snabb →
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