Where does “dan” come from?

dan (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German dān, from Old Saxon than, from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic þan, from Proto-Germanic þam, from Proto-Indo-European tóm, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

dan (Plautdietsch): then (sequential), after that

Definitions

  1. then (sequential), after that

Ancestry of “dan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germandān—
2Old Saxonthan—
3Proto-West Germanic*þanthen, at that time
4Proto-Germanicþanthen, at that time
5Proto-Germanicþam—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantóm—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tóm →Every word from Proto-Germanic þam →