Where does “tjänst” come from?

tjänst (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish thienst, from Proto-Germanic þewanōstaz, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

tjänst (Swedish): a service; a position, a job, an employment,...

Definitions

  1. a service; a position, a job, an employment,...

Ancestry of “tjänst”, step by step

tjänst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Swedish thienst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishthienst—
2Proto-Germanicþewanōstazservice
3Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow

via German Verdienst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVerdienstmerit; wages, earnings, income
2Middle High Germanverdienst—

Words derived from “tjänst”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þewanōstaz →Every word from Old Swedish thienst →