Etymology

Dane

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Today it means: A person from Denmark or of Danish descent. Full definition →

Middle English Dane ← Old Norse danir ← Old English Dene
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*daniz
  2. Old English · derived fromDene
  3. Old Norse · derived fromdanir
  4. Middle English · inherited fromDane
  5. English todayDane

From Middle English Dane, from Old Norse danir or Old English Dene. Both forms ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *daniz.

Words from the same roots

Old EnglishDene all →

deanDanburyDenbyDenhamdeneDanbyDenholmDenslowLittle MissendenRattlesden

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.