Where does “dag” come from?

dag (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch dag, from Middle Dutch dach, from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

dag (Afrikaans): a day; hello!; bye-bye!

Definitions

  1. a day; hello!; bye-bye!

Ancestry of “dag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdagday; daytime; !
2Middle Dutchdachday
3Old Dutchdagday
4Proto-West Germanicdagday
5Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

Words derived from “dag”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dag →