Where does “deken” come from?

deken (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *dekan, from Latin decānus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

Ancestry of “deken”, step by step

deken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *dekan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*dekandean
2Latindecānuschief of ten people (in various contexts)
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via Old Dutch thekina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchthekina—
2Proto-Germanicþakinō—

Words derived from “deken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →