Where does “þénesta” come from?

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

Ancestry of “þénesta”, step by step

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

Words derived from “þénesta”

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