Where does “dan” come from?

dan (Middle High German) comes from Old High German danne, from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic þan, from Proto-Germanic þam, from Proto-Indo-European tóm, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

Ancestry of “dan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germandanne—
2Proto-West Germanic*þanthen, at that time
3Proto-Germanicþanthen, at that time
4Proto-Germanicþam—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantóm—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “dan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tóm →Every word from Proto-Germanic þam →