Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þewanōną
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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