Etymology

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Middle English þennes ← Proto-West Germanic *þananā
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*þananā
  2. Middle English · inherited fromþennes
  3. English todaythence

From Middle English þennes, from þenne + -es (“adverbial ending”), the former from þanan, þanona, from Proto-West Germanic *þananā. Cognate with Westphalian Low German diëne.

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