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Where does “þjóna” come from?

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

þjóna (Old Norse): to serve

Definitions

  1. to serve

Ancestry of “þjóna”, step by step

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

Words derived from “þjóna”

  • tienata
  • betjäna
  • förtjäna
  • avtjäna
  • tjäna
  • tjene
  • betjene
  • fortjene
  • tena
  • tene
  • tjenlig
  • formålstjenlig
  • tjener
  • tjene
  • þjóna
  • þiēna
  • þiǣna
  • þiāna
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