tankegång
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- reasoning, train of thought, thought process, way of thinking
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse þanki (thought) inherited from Old Swedish ganger (movement forward, act of walking, path) inherited from Old Norse gangr (course, walk, pace) inherited from Proto-Germanic *gangaz (warp, passage, way).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*gangaz
Gloss
warp, passage, way
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gang English
- Gang German
- Gedanken German
- Gedankengang German
- *ǵʰengʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰengʰ-o-s Proto-Indo-European
- gang Norwegian Bokmål
- *gangaz Proto-Germanic
- gång Swedish
- gang Norwegian Nynorsk
- gang Old English
- afgangr Old Norse
- gangr Old Norse
- jǫklagangr Old Norse
- þanki Old Norse
- þarfagangr Old Norse
- gangur Icelandic
- gang Old High German
- tanki Faroese
- gank Old Dutch
- *kangas Proto-Finnic
- danke Middle Low German
- ganger Old Swedish
- gang Old Danish