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Where does “þegnian” come from?

þegnian (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *þegnōn.

þegnian (Old English): to serve; to serve food; to serve in the office...

Definitions

  1. to serve; to serve food; to serve in the office...

Ancestry of “þegnian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*þegnōn—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *þegnōn →