*þegnaz

Runic: ᚦᛖᚷᚾᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈθeɣ.nɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

retainer, servant

Often compared with Ancient Greek τέκνον (téknon) (téknon, ‘child’). Kroonen instead sees a derivation from *þigjaną (‘to request, beg’).

*þegn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *thegen (Old Dutch)
  - thegenlīko (Old Dutch)
*þegn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *thegen (Old Dutch)
  - dēgen (Middle Dutch)
    - degen (Dutch)
*þegn (Proto-West Germanic)
- þeġn, þæġn, þēn (Old English)
  - thainus (Medieval Latin)
*þegn (Proto-West Germanic)
- þeġn, þæġn, þēn (Old English)
  - theyn, dain, thain, thayn, thein, þen, þein, þeyn, ðæin, þægen, þægn, þegen, þegn, þeȝn, þeign (Middle English)
    - thane (English)
    - taen (Irish)
    - thane (Scots)
*þegn (Proto-West Germanic)
- dëgan (Old High German)
  - dëgen (Middle High German)
    - Degen (German)
*þegn (Proto-West Germanic)
- thegan (Old Saxon)
  - degen, dēgen (Middle Low German)
þegn (Old Norse)
- þegn (Icelandic)
þegn (Old Norse)
- þæghn, þiæghn (Old Swedish)
  - tegn, tägn (Swedish)