Where does “daga” come from?

daga (Catalan) comes from Italian daga, from Vulgar Latin daca, from Latin Dacia, from Ancient Greek Δάοι — Dai, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus.

daga (Catalan): dagger

Definitions

  1. dagger

Ancestry of “daga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandagadagger; A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but...
2Vulgar LatindacaDacian knife; Dacian
3LatinDaciaDenmark; Dacia; greater Romania
4Ancient GreekΔάοιDai, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus

Words derived from “daga”

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