Where does “danění” come from?
danění (Czech) comes from Czech danit, from Czech daň, from Japanese だん, from English done, from Middle English don, from Old English dōn, from Proto-West Germanic dōn, from Proto-Germanic dōną — to do, put, place.
Ancestry of “danění”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | danit | to tax |
| 2 | Czech | daň | tax; second-person singular imperative of danit |
| 3 | Japanese | だん | 壇 A surname; 断 judgement; 段 step; a term for a... |
| 4 | English | done | Ready, fully cooked; Having completed or finished... |
| 5 | Middle English | don | To do, perform; To complete, finish; To make,... |
| 6 | Old English | dōn | to do |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | dōn | to do; to put, to place |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | dōną | to do, make; to put, place |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéh₁t | to put, to place; to do |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |