Where does “Dansk” come from?

Dansk (English) comes from Danish dansk, from Swedish dansk, from Old Norse danskr, from Old Norse -sk, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European swe-, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

Dansk (English): Danish

Definitions

  1. Danish

Ancestry of “Dansk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishdanskDanish; the Danish language; Dane
2SwedishdanskDanish; of or pertaining to Denmark; a Dane
3Old NorsedanskrDanish
4Old Norse-sk
5Proto-Germanic*sek
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswe-self
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swé
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