Where does “dane” come from?
dane (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse danr, from Proto-Germanic *danaz.
dane (Norwegian Bokmål): a Dane
Ancestry of “dane”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | danr | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *danaz | — |
Words derived from “dane”