Etymology

dench

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Middle English Dench ← Old English Denisc ← Proto-Germanic *daniskaz
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dench · adjective1

Disputed. Purportedly coined by rapper Lethal Bizzle in 2010. Attested from around that time. Compare slang term hench (“muscular”).

Dench · proper noun2

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*daniskaz
  2. Old English · derived fromDenisc
  3. Middle English · inherited fromDench
  4. English todayDench

From Middle English Dench, from Densc (“Danish”), from Old English Denisc, from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz. Doublet of Danish.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*daniskaz all →

danish

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