Where does “þeġen” come from?

þeġen (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic þegnaz, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

þeġen (Old English): lord, thane

Definitions

  1. lord, thane

Ancestry of “þeġen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþegnazretainer, servant
2Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “þeġen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þegnaz →