Where does “dådyr” come from?
dådyr (Danish) comes from Danish da, from Old Norse þá, from Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic þan, from Proto-Germanic þam, from Proto-Indo-European tóm, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
Ancestry of “dådyr”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Danish | da | surely; then; when |
| 2 | Old Norse | þá | then, at that time; that; those |
| 3 | Germanic | *þan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þan | then, at that time |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þam | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tóm | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |