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Where does “þéna” come from?

þéna (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic þewanōną, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

þéna (Old Norse): to serve

Definitions

  1. to serve

Ancestry of “þéna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþewanōnąto serve
2Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow

Words derived from “þéna”

  • tienata
  • betjäna
  • avtjäna
  • tjäna
  • förtjäna
  • tjener
  • tjenermaskin
  • fortjene
  • tjene
  • betjene
  • vevtjener
  • tenar
  • tena
  • tene
  • tjener
  • tjene
  • formålstjenlig
  • tjenlig
  • þénari
  • þiēna
  • þiāna
  • þiǣna
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