Where does “dān” come from?

dān (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon than, 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 “dān”, step by step

dān traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon than

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

via Middle Low German dōn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germandōnto do
2Proto-Germanicdōnąto do, make; to put, place
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéh₁tto put, to place; to do
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “dān”

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