Where does “*þewanōn” come from?
*þewanōn (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic þewanōną, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.
Ancestry of “*þewanōn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | þewanōną | to serve |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | tekʷ- | to run, to flow |