Where does “dionest” come from?

dionest (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic þewanōstaz, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

Ancestry of “dionest”, step by step

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

Words derived from “dionest”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þewanōstaz →
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