Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A surname transferred from the nickname for someone who came from Denmark, also a variant of Dean. · A male given name transferred from the surname, or from the ethnic term Dane (like Scott or Norman). · A river, the River Dane, in Cheshire, England, which joins the River Weaver at Northwich.
A person from Denmark or of Danish descent. · In Anglo-Saxon England, any of the seafaring raiders and settlers who attacked and colonized parts of England from the late 8th century onward; a Viking. · A member of a Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden.
From Middle English Dane, from Old Norse danir or Old English Dene. Both forms ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *daniz.
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