Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *danizScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_daniz
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Etymologisches Wörterbuch Des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-AryanManfredMayrhoferCarl Winter Universitätsverlag11992Indogermanisches etymologisches WörterbuchJuliusPokornyFrancke VerlagI1959धन्वन्desert, steppe, dry land, shore
nounmasculinei-stema Danea ScandinavianUncertain. 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, ‘desert, steppe, dry land, shore’) Mayrhofer 1992.