Where does “dienen” come from?
dienen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German dionōn, from Proto-West Germanic *þewanōn, from Proto-Germanic þewanōną, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.
Ancestry of “dienen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | dionōn | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *þewanōn | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þewanōną | to serve |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tekʷ- | to run, to flow |
Words derived from “dienen”