Where does “dene” come from?

dene (Middle English) comes from Latin dēnī, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

dene (Middle English): valley

Definitions

  1. valley

Ancestry of “dene”, step by step

dene traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin dēnī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindēnī—
2Latindecemten; 10
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via Old English dene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdenevalley
2Proto-West Germanicdania flat area, floor; a small dale
3Proto-Germanicdaniza Dane
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰenh₂-to set in motion; to flow

Words derived from “dene”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →