Where does “tenår” come from?

tenår (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse þénari, from Old Norse þéna, from Proto-Germanic þewanōną, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

tenår (Norwegian Nynorsk): teens, teenage years

Definitions

  1. teens, teenage years

Ancestry of “tenår”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþénariservant
2Old Norseþénato serve
3Proto-Germanicþewanōnąto serve
4Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þewanōną →Every word from Old Norse þéna →