Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/daniz

Etymology
Possibly from. Or possibly from the same root as den (i.e. "lowland").

Noun

 * 1) a Dane

Descendants
The first mention of the Danes by name is in the 6th century by Jordanes. It's not certain whether the Danes existed as a group long before that time, and so whether the name was used to refer to a tribe in Proto-Germanic. But in any case, historically the name does go back to this form.