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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germandionōnto serve
2Proto-West Germanic*þewanōnto serve
3Proto-Germanicþewanōnąto serve
4Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow

Words derived from “dienen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þewanōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *þewanōn →