Where does “dienst” come from?

dienst (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch thionost, from Proto-Germanic þewanōstaz, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

Ancestry of “dienst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchthionost—
2Proto-Germanicþewanōstazservice
3Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow

Words derived from “dienst”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þewanōstaz →Every word from Old Dutch thionost →