Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þewanōną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *þewanaz (“servant”) + *-ōną. Compare *þewaz (“servant, slave”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*þewanōną[1]
- to serve
Inflection
editConjugation of *þewanōną (weak class 2)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
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