Where does “dáśati” come from?

dáśati (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian dáćati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dánćati, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.

Ancestry of “dáśati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniandáćati—
2Proto-Indo-Iraniandánćati—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandenḱ-to bite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dánćati →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dáćati →