Where does “daas” come from?

daas (Dutch) comes from Sanskrit दश, from Sanskrit देश, from Proto-Indo-Aryan dayśás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dayćás, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

daas (Dutch): foolish, dull, silly; horse-fly, blood-sucking...

Definitions

  1. foolish, dull, silly; horse-fly, blood-sucking...

Ancestry of “daas”, step by step

daas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit दश

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritदशten
2Sanskritदेशpoint, region, spot, place, part, portion;...
3Proto-Indo-Aryandayśáspoint, region, part; country, province
4Proto-Indo-Iraniandayćáspart, point; country
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

via Middle Dutch daes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchdaes—
2Proto-Athabaskan*deˑšʷriver, sandbar

Words derived from “daas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dayćás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan dayśás →