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English word den comes from Proto-Indo-European *dhen-, and later Proto-Germanic *danjō (A flat area, floor. A small dale.)

*dhen- (Proto-Indo-European)

*danjō (Proto-Germanic)

A flat area, floor. A small dale.

denn (Old English)

Den.

den (Middle English)

den (English)

(reflexive) To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den. (UK, Scotland, obsolete) A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.. A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.. A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.. A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.

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