Where does “dansk” come from?
dansk (Norwegian Nynorsk) 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 Nynorsk): Danish
Ancestry of “dansk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | danskr | Danish |
| 2 | Old Norse | -sk | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *sek | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swe- | self |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |