Where does “dekan” come from?
dekan (Malay) comes from Dutch decaan, from Dutch aan, from Middle Dutch āne, from Old Dutch āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.
dekan (Malay): dean; large bamboo rat; dean, senior official in...
Definitions
- dean; large bamboo rat; dean, senior official in...
Ancestry of “dekan”, step by step
dekan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch decaan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | decaan | dean; decane |
| 2 | Dutch | aan | on; to; on, being operative |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | āne | on, on top of |
| 4 | Old Dutch | āna | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Sandawe dkan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandawe | dkan | — |