Where does “thiania” come from?

thiania (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic *þewanōn, from Proto-Germanic þewanōną, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

thiania (Old Frisian): to serve

Definitions

  1. to serve

Ancestry of “thiania”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*þewanōnto serve
2Proto-Germanicþewanōnąto serve
3Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þewanōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *þewanōn →
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