Where does “tenest” come from?
tenest (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse þénesta, from Proto-Germanic þewanōstaz, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.
tenest (Norwegian Nynorsk): service; favour
Ancestry of “tenest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | þénesta | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þewanōstaz | service |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tekʷ- | to run, to flow |