Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “danne” come from?

danne (Danish) comes from Middle High German dan, from Old High German danne, 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.

Ancestry of “danne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germandan—
2Old High Germandanne—
3Proto-West Germanic*þan—
4Proto-Germanicþanthen, at that time
5Proto-Germanicþam—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantóm—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “danne”

  • dannelsesroman
  • dannelse
  • begrebsdannelse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →