tjene
Norwegian
verb
Definitions
- to serve (one's country, master, a purpose; be of service)
- to earn (money)
Etymology
Derived 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
- bedienen German
- *tekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- betjene Norwegian Bokmål
- betjening Norwegian Bokmål
- fortjene Norwegian Bokmål
- inn Norwegian Bokmål
- inntjening Norwegian Bokmål
- *þewanōną Proto-Germanic
- tena Norwegian Nynorsk
- tene Norwegian Nynorsk
- þjóna Old Norse
- þjónan Old Norse
- tjene Danish
- þjóna Icelandic
- þiǣna Old Swedish