Where does “dans” come from?

dans (French) comes from Old French denz, from Vulgar Latin de intus, from Latin intus, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

dans (French): in; in, into; in, within

Definitions

  1. in; in, into; in, within

Ancestry of “dans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdenzin
2Vulgar Latinde intusAlternative form of deintus
3Latinintuswithin, inside; at home
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “dans”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Italic en →Every word from Latin en →