Where does “dansk” come from?

dansk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse danskr, from Old Norse -sk, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European swe-, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

dansk (Norwegian Bokmål): Danish

Definitions

  1. Danish

Ancestry of “dansk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorsedanskrDanish
2Old Norse-sk—
3Proto-Germanic*sek—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswe-self
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swé →Every word from Old Norse -sk →Every word from Old Norse danskr →