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
Ancestry of “bedinati”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | bedienen | to serve; to operate; to play a card according to... |
| 2 | German | dienen | to serve |
| 3 | Middle High German | dienen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | dionōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *þewanōn | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þewanōną | to serve |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tekʷ- | to run, to flow |