- tenk-1
- tenk-1English meaning: to extend, stretch, spanDeutsche Übersetzung: “ziehen, dehnen, spannen; Zeitspanne”Note: (root-extension from ten-1 ds.); only GermanicMaterial: Goth. Þeihs (*ténkos), pl. Þeihsa n. “time”; with gramm. variation O.Ice. Þing n. “Gerichtsversammlung, property, object “, O.E. ðing ds., O.S. thing, O.H.G. ding, Ger. Ding, langob. thinx “rechtliche Zusammenkunft, congregation, meeting”, aGmc. GN Mars Thinxus (Gmc.*Tius Þingsaz “the god the congregation, meeting”); O.E. ðingan “einen pact, covenant make”, Ger. dingen.References: WP. I 724 f., Kluge-Goetze 137; identical with:
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.