Where does “þjá” come from?

þjá (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse þjá, from Old Norse þéa, from Proto-Germanic þewāną, from Proto-Germanic þewaz, from Proto-Indo-European tekwos, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

þjá (Icelandic): to pain, plague, cause to suffer

Definitions

  1. to pain, plague, cause to suffer

Ancestry of “þjá”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþjáto constrain, enthral, enslave
2Old Norseþéa—
3Proto-Germanicþewānąto enslave, to subject
4Proto-Germanicþewazslave, servant
5Proto-Indo-Europeantekwosrunner
6Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekwos →Every word from Proto-Germanic þewaz →