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Where does “thiānost” come from?

thiānost (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic þewanōstaz, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

Ancestry of “thiānost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþewanōstazservice
2Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow

Words derived from “thiānost”

  • Tjoonst
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