Where does “denna” come from?

denna (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish þænni, from Old Norse þessi, from Old Norse sá, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.

denna (Swedish): this, that (depending on context)

Definitions

  1. this, that (depending on context)

Ancestry of “denna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishþænnithis
2Old Norseþessi—
3Old Norsesáthis, that; to sow; saw, "first or third-person...
4Proto-Germanic*sa—
5Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
6Proto-Oceanic*isa—

Words derived from “denna”

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Germanic *sa →