Where does “Dench” come from?

Dench (Middle English) comes from Middle English Densc, from Old English Denisċ, from Old English -isċ, from Proto-West Germanic -isk, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

Ancestry of “Dench”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishDenscDanish
2Old EnglishDenisċDanish
3Old English-isċ-ish
4Proto-West Germanic-iskCreates adjectives from nouns
5Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
6Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iskaz →Every word from Old English -isċ →