den English · revision 13406

− It is [[inh|ang|denn|t=wild animal's lair]] (about 725, in Beowulf),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from [[m|gem-pro|*danjan]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) related to Old English denu, valley (see [[dean]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(Etymonline) and cognate with Middle Low German denne “lair, valley” and Old High German tenni, threshing floor (German Tenne).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) Barnhart and Merriam-Webster connect it with Greek thénar, palm of the hand, and Sanskrit dhánu-, sandbank, from an Indo-European word for a flat surface.^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)