Where does “Tanska” come from?

Tanska (Finnish) comes 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.

Tanska (Finnish): Denmark

Definitions

  1. Denmark

Ancestry of “Tanska”, step by step

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