Dane
English
/deɪn/
noun
Definitions
- A person from Denmark or of Danish descent.
- (historical) A member of the Danes, a Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Dane derived from Old Norse Danir derived from Proto-Germanic *daniz (a Dane).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*daniz
Gloss
a Dane
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Daneland English
- Daneman English
- Danification English
- Danify English
- danewort English
- wort English
- Dani Latin
- *daniz Proto-Germanic
- *markō Proto-Germanic
- Dene Old English
- Denemearc Old English
- Denisc Old English
- Gardene Old English
- Dane Middle English
- Danir Old Norse
- Danmǫrk Old Norse
- danir Old Norse
- Daner Danish
- Dan Old French
- Dani Icelandic
- *Teni Old High German
- *dani gmw-pro
- *Deni Old Dutch