Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þewanōną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From *þewanaz (“servant”) + *-ōną. Compare *þewaz (“servant, slave”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*þewanōną[1]
- to serve
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *þewanōną (weak class 2)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *þewanōn
- Old Norse: þjóna
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*þeʒwanōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 418