Where does “dan” come from?
dan (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch dan, from Middle Dutch dan, from Old Dutch than, from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic þan, from Proto-Germanic þam, from Proto-Indo-European tóm, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
dan (Afrikaans): then; than
Ancestry of “dan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dan | then, at that time; then, after that; then, in... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | dan | then, after that; then, in that case; thus,... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | than | then |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *þan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þan | then, at that time |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þam | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tóm | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |