Where does “dádýr” come from?

dádýr (Icelandic) comes from Danish dådyr, from Danish da, from Old Norse þá, from Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic þan, from Proto-Germanic þam, from Proto-Indo-European tóm, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

dádýr (Icelandic): fallow deer

Definitions

  1. fallow deer

Ancestry of “dádýr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishdådyra fallow deer
2Danishdasurely; then; when
3Old Norseþáthen, at that time; that; those
4Germanic*þan—
5Proto-Germanicþanthen, at that time
6Proto-Germanicþam—
7Proto-Indo-Europeantóm—
8Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tóm →Every word from Proto-Germanic þam →