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Where does “þegwaz” come from?

þegwaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

þegwaz (Proto-Germanic): slave; servant; subject, servile

Definitions

  1. slave; servant; subject, servile

Ancestry of “þegwaz”, step by step

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

Words derived from “þegwaz”

  • thew
  • thewed
  • thewy
  • thewness
  • thewsome
  • thew
  • theow
  • Wealhþeow
  • þeow
  • þēow
  • þēo
  • 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃
  • 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐍃
  • þjá
  • barþjónn
  • lögregluþjónn
  • þjónn
  • þewāną
  • þewaz
  • þéa
  • þjá
  • tjå
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