þjóna
Icelandic
[ˈθjouːna]
verb-weak
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) to serve someone, to be in somebody's service
- (ambitransitive) to serve somebody's table, to wait on somebody
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse þjóna (serve, attend).
Origin
Old Norse
þjóna
Gloss
serve, attend
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Diener German
- Messdiener German
- andienen German
- bedienen German
- dienen German
- dienlich German
- verdienen German
- *tekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- tjene Norwegian Bokmål
- *þewanōną Proto-Germanic
- tena Norwegian Nynorsk
- tene Norwegian Nynorsk
- þjóna Old Norse
- þjónan Old Norse
- tjene Danish
- tjener Danish
- tjenlig Danish
- dionōn Old High German
- Dénger Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- bedéngen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- déngen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- verdéngen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- þiǣna Old Swedish