Where does “dienlich” come from?
dienlich (German) comes from German dienen, from Middle High German dienen, from Old High German dionōn, from Proto-West Germanic *þewanōn, from Proto-Germanic þewanōną, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.
dienlich (German): useful, helpful
Ancestry of “dienlich”, step by step
Words derived from “dienlich”