*daniz

Runic: ᛞᚨᚾᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈdɑ.niz/

noun · masculine · i-stem

Meanings

  1. a Dane
  2. a Scandinavian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰon-is, an o-grade noun from root *dʰen- (‘land surface’), origin of English “den” (Pokorny 1959). A possible cognate is Vedic Sanskrit धन्वन् (dhánvan) (dhánvan, ‘desert, steppe, dry land, shore’) (Mayrhofer 1992).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.danizdanīz
Acc.danįdaninz
Gen.danīzdanjǫ̂
Dat.danīdanimaz
Inst.danīdanimiz
Voc.danidanīz

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Descendants

  • *danī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *Denī (Old Dutch)
      • Dene (Middle Dutch)
        • Deen, Deens, Deensch (Dutch)
  • *danī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • Dene (Old English)
      • Dene, Dane (Middle English)
        • Dane (English)
  • *danī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *Tenī (Old High German)
      • Tene (Middle High German)
        • Däne (German)
  • *danī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *Denī (Old Saxon)
      • dēne, denne (Middle Low German)
        • Dään (Low German)
  • danir (Old Norse)
    • dani (Faroese)
    • Dani (Icelandic)
    • Danī (Latin)
    • dane, dan (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • danir (Old Norse)
    • dan, dane (Danish)
      • dane (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • danir (Old Norse)
    • Dane (Middle English)
      • Dane (English)
  • danir (Old Norse)
    • dan, dæn (Old Swedish)
      • dan (Swedish)
  • Dānī (Latin)
  • *tāńčë (Proto-Samic)

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