Where does “dain” come from?

dain (Middle French) comes from Old French dain, from Old French daim, from Latin dāmus, from Latin damma, from Proto-Indo-European demh₂- — to tame, domesticate.

dain (Middle French): deer

Definitions

  1. deer

Ancestry of “dain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdaindeer
2Old Frenchdaim—
3Latindāmus—
4LatindammaA fallow deer
5Proto-Indo-Europeandemh₂-to tame, domesticate

Words derived from “dain”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European demh₂- →Every word from Latin damma →Every word from Latin dāmus →