Where does “gendannelse” come from?

gendannelse (Danish) comes from Danish gendanne, from Danish danne, 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 — this; that.

gendannelse (Danish): restoration

Definitions

  1. restoration

Ancestry of “gendannelse”, step by step

gendannelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish gendanne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishgendanneto restore, recover
2Danishdanneto shape, to form
3Middle High Germandan—
4Old High Germandanne—
5Proto-West Germanic*þanthen, at that time
6Proto-Germanicþanthen, at that time
7Proto-Germanicþam—
8Proto-Indo-Europeantóm—
9Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Danish Else

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishElse—
2DanishElisabethElizabeth biblical figure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tóm →Every word from Proto-Germanic þam →