Where does “dan” come from?
dan (Mauritian Creole) comes from French dans, 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.
dan (Mauritian Creole): in; within
Ancestry of “dan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | dans | in; in, into; in, within |
| 2 | Old French | denz | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | de intus | Alternative form of deintus |
| 4 | Latin | intus | within, inside; at home |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |