Semitic Etymological Database
Further compared to Akk. danānu, and Ug. dn, the latter is being highly uncertain.
Probably compare with Akk. nepelkû, napalkû ‘to be wide’.
According to Leslau, related to *plḳ with a metaphoric semantic shift.
May be related through a semantic shift “to emigrate” < “to detach, to separate”.
A comparison with Akk. pašāšu ‘to anoint’ is possible.