Where does “dens” come from?

dens (Occitan) comes from Vulgar Latin de intus, from Latin intus, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

dens (Occitan): in, within, inside

Definitions

in, within, inside

Ancestry of “dens”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Vulgar Latin	de intus	Alternative form of deintus
2	Latin	intus	within, inside; at home
3	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
4	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5	Proto-Italic	en	in
6	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Italic en →Every word from Latin en →