Where does “Dm” come from?
Dm (Danish) comes from Danish definitionsmængde, from Danish mængde, from Norwegian Nynorsk mengd, from Proto-Germanic managiþō, from Proto-Indo-European monegʰ- — many.
Ancestry of “Dm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | definitionsmængde | domain |
| 2 | Danish | mængde | amount, quantity; number; crowd |
| 3 | Norwegian Nynorsk | mengd | an amount, quantity; a great number, crowd,... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | managiþō | quantity; amount; multitude |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | monegʰ- | many |