Where does “þænia” come from?

þænia (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse þenja, from Proto-Germanic þanjaną, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

þænia (Old Swedish): to stretch, to extend

Definitions

  1. to stretch, to extend

Ancestry of “þænia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþenjato stretch, extend
2Proto-Germanicþanjanąto stretch, to extend
3Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “þænia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þanjaną →Every word from Old Norse þenja →
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