Where does “militærtjeneste” come from?

militærtjeneste (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tjeneste, from Danish tjeneste, from Old Norse þjónusta, from Proto-Germanic þewanōstaz, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

militærtjeneste (Norwegian Bokmål): military service

Definitions

  1. military service

Ancestry of “militærtjeneste”, step by step

militærtjeneste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål tjeneste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltjenesteservice; favor
2Danishtjenesteduty, service; kindness
3Old Norseþjónustaservice; divine service; the eucharist
4Proto-Germanicþewanōstazservice
5Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow

via Norwegian Bokmål militær

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmilitærmilitary
2LatinmīlitārisOf a soldier: soldierly; or of the military: martial
3Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þewanōstaz →Every word from Old Norse þjónusta →