Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dani

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain; presummedly from Proto-Germanic *danją, possibly cognate with Sanskrit धन्वन् (dhánvan, “desert, dry land, beach”)[1], from Proto-Indo-European *dʰén-w-ō. Perhaps also related to Old High German tenar (“flat hand, palm”)[2], however this is disputed[1].

Noun

*dani n[1]

a flat area, floor
a small dale

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dani
Genitive	*dannjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dani	*dannju
Accusative	*dani	*dannju
Genitive	*dannjas	*dannjō
Dative	*dannjē	*dannjum
Instrumental	*dannju	*dannjum

Descendants

Old English: denn n; denu f
- Middle English: den; dene
  - Scots: den; dene, deyn
  - English: den; dean
Old Frisian: dann
- Saterland Frisian: Dan
Old Saxon: *danni, *denni
- Middle Low German: danne, denne
  - Low German: Denn
Old Dutch: *denni
- Middle Dutch: denne, den
  - Dutch: denne
Old High German: tenni n
- Middle High German: tenne n or f
  - Alemannic German: Tenn
  - German: Tenne f
→ Medieval Latin: danea

References

Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*đanraz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 70: “WGmc *đenjan”
Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Tenne”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 726

[HGE-1] Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*đanraz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 70: “WGmc *đenjan”

[EWddS-2] Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Tenne”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 726