Denmark
/ˈdɛn.mɑːrk/noun
A country in Northern Europe, officially the Kingdom of Denmark.
Did you know?The name is built from an old tribal name plus a word for border or boundary, so the country’s very label preserves an early political frontier rather than a mystical title.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dhen-
“to run, flow”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*þanaz / *þaniz
“border, boundary”
Old Norse
ON
Danmǫrk
“the borderland of the Danes”
Old English
OE
Denemearc
“land or borderland of the Danes”
Modern English
English
Denmark
“the Scandinavian country”