Where does “ledan” come from?

ledan (Seychellois Creole) comes from French dent, from Middle French dent, from Old French dent, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens, from Proto-Italic dents, from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts — to eat.

ledan (Seychellois Creole): tooth

Definitions

  1. tooth

Ancestry of “ledan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdenttooth; cog
2Middle Frenchdenttooth
3Old Frenchdenttooth
4Latindēnsa tooth
5Italiandentetooth; cog, prong
6Latindenstooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like...
7Proto-Italicdentstooth
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃dóntstooth
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃dóntsEvery word from Proto-Italic dents