Where does “dare” come from?
dare (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse dári, from Middle Low German dȫre, from Old Saxon *dōro, from Proto-West Germanic *dauʀō.
Ancestry of “dare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | dári | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | dȫre | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | *dōro | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *dauʀō | — |