Where does “bedinati” come from?

bedinati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German bedienen, from German dienen, from Middle High German dienen, from Old High German dionōn, from Proto-West Germanic *þewanōn, from Proto-Germanic þewanōną, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

bedinati (Serbo-Croatian): to serve

Definitions

  1. to serve

Ancestry of “bedinati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbedienento serve; to operate; to play a card according to...
2Germandienento serve
3Middle High Germandienen—
4Old High Germandionōnto serve
5Proto-West Germanic*þewanōnto serve
6Proto-Germanicþewanōnąto serve
7Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þewanōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *þewanōn →
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