Where does “ærkedansk” come from?

ærkedansk (Danish) comes from Danish dansk, from Swedish dansk, from Old Norse danskr, from Old Norse -sk, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European swe-, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

ærkedansk (Danish): very Danish, very typical of Denmark

Definitions

  1. very Danish, very typical of Denmark

Ancestry of “ærkedansk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishdanskDanish; the Danish language; Dane
2SwedishdanskDanish; of or pertaining to Denmark; a Dane
3Old NorsedanskrDanish
4Old Norse-sk—
5Proto-Germanic*sek—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswe-self
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swé →Every word from Old Norse -sk →Every word from Old Norse danskr →