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Where does “þjóna” come from?

þjóna (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse þjóna, from Proto-Germanic þewanōną, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

þjóna (Icelandic): to serve someone, to be in somebody's service; to...

Definitions

  1. to serve someone, to be in somebody's service; to...

Ancestry of “þjóna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþjónato serve
2Proto-Germanicþewanōnąto serve
3Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow
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