Where does “zaan” come from?

zaan (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch saen, from Old Dutch sān, from Proto-West Germanic sān(ō), from Proto-Germanic sēna, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.

zaan (Dutch): soon; cream

Definitions

  1. soon; cream

Ancestry of “zaan”, step by step

zaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch saen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsaenquickly, soon; immediately, right away; suddenly,...
2Old Dutchsān—
3Proto-West Germanicsān(ō)immediately
4Proto-Germanicsēna—
5Proto-Germanic*sa—
6Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
7Proto-Oceanic*isa—

via Sanskrit जन

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritजनgenerating; person, human being, human; race,...
2Proto-Indo-Aryanȷ́ánHas—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ánHasrace, group of people
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónh₁osbirth; offspring
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “zaan”

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Germanic *sa →