English thane

← Old English þæġn (inherited)

← Old English þeġen (mention)

← Old English þegn (mention)

← German Degen (cognate)

← Middle English þein (inherited)

← Middle English thane (mention)

← Middle English thein (mention)

← Middle English theign (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *þegnaz (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *þegn (inherited)

← Ancient Greek τέκνον (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (derived)

← Dutch degen (cognate)

← Old Norse þegn (cognate)

→ English thanedom (suffix)

→ English thanehood (suffix)

→ English thanage (suffix)

→ English thaneship (suffix)

→ English thaneland (compound)

→ German Degen (cognate)

→ Spanish thane (borrowed)

→ Icelandic þegn (cognate)

→ Dutch degen (cognate)

→ Russian тан (borrowed)