Where does “tänja” come from?

tänja (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish þænia, from Old Norse þenja, from Proto-Germanic þanjaną, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tänja (Swedish): }} to stretch (make longer or more spacious (by pulling or stretching))

Definitions

  1. }} to stretch (make longer or more spacious (by pulling or stretching))

Ancestry of “tänja”, step by step

tänja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Swedish þænia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishþæniato stretch, to extend
2Old Norseþenjato stretch, extend
3Proto-Germanicþanjanąto stretch, to extend
4Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

via Russian Та́ня

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianТа́ня—

Words derived from “tänja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þanjaną →Every word from Old Norse þenja →