Where does “tank” come from?
tank (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.
tank (Swedish): tank (container for liquids)
Definitions
- tank (container for liquids)
Ancestry of “tank”, step by step
tank 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 |