Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dani

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain; presumably from Proto-Germanic *danją, possibly cognate with Sanskrit धन्वन् (dhánvan, “desert, dry land, beach”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰén-w-ō. Perhaps also related to Old High German tenar (“flat hand, palm”), however this is disputed.

Noun

*dani n

1. flat area, floor; smooth surface
2. pasture for animals, morass; wallowing-hole, slitch
3. small dale

Inflection

Derived terms

• *dannjōn (possibly)
  • Old English: dennian (“to become slick or slippery”)

Descendants

• Old English: denn n; denu f
  • Middle English: den; dene
    • English: den; dean
    • Scots: den; dene, deyn
• Old Frisian: dann
  • Saterland Frisian: Dan
• Old Saxon: *danni, *denni
  • Middle Low German: danne, denne
    • Low German: Denn
• Old Dutch: *denni
  • Middle Dutch: denne, den
    • Dutch: denne, den
• Old High German: tenni n
  • Middle High German: tenne m or n or f
    • Alemannic German: Tenn
    • German: Tenne f
• → Medieval Latin: danea

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