Where does “tänkbar” come from?
tänkbar (Swedish) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic þankijaną — to think.
tänkbar (Swedish): imaginable, conceivable
Definitions
- imaginable, conceivable
Ancestry of “tänkbar”, step by step
tänkbar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tänka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tänka | think; to ponder, to communicate to oneself in... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | þænkia | to perceive |
| 3 | Old Norse | þenkja | — |
| 4 | Low German | denken | to think |
| 5 | Middle Low German | denken | to think, to perceive |
| 6 | Old Saxon | thenkian | to think; to perceive |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þankijan | to think |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þankijaną | to perceive, to think |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |
via Swedish bär
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bär | a berry |
| 2 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 3 | German | bär | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 5 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |