Where does “דינען” come from?
דינען (Yiddish) comes 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.
דינען (Yiddish): serve; worship
Ancestry of “דינען”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | dienen | — |
| 2 | Old High German | dionōn | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *þewanōn | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þewanōną | to serve |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tekʷ- | to run, to flow |