Dechant

Significado (Inglés)

dean (kind of church official)

Conceptos

deán

Sinónimos

Dekan

Traducciones

decaan

deken

dean

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/deˈçant/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de alto alemán medio: dechant

Heredado de alto alemán antiguo: tehhant

Cognado con Middle Low German: dēken

In summary

From Middle High German dechant, techant, from Old High German tehhant, tehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *dekan (“deacon”), from Latin decanus (“dean”). Doublet of Dekan, a 15th-century borrowing.
In Middle Low German dēken, the full vowel in the second syllable was protected by adaptation to various Latin suffixes. The initial d- was also restored by relatinisation; compare already Old High German degan (possibly from spoken Romance).