þjónusta
Icelandic
/ˈθjouːnʏsta/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) a service
- (countable) a maid (female servant)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse þjónusta (service) inherited from Proto-Germanic *þewanōstaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*þewanōstaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *tekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- tjeneste Norwegian Bokmål
- *þewanōstaz Proto-Germanic
- tenest Norwegian Nynorsk
- þenest Old English
- þjónasta Old Norse
- þjónosta Old Norse
- þjónusta Old Norse
- þénesta Old Norse
- tjeneste Danish
- dionest Old High German
- dionōst Old High German
- Déngscht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *thionost Old Dutch
- thionost Old Saxon
- thienst Old Swedish