Where does “dag” come from?

dag (Danish) comes from Old Danish dagh, from Old Norse dagr, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

dag (Danish): day

Definitions

  1. day

Ancestry of “dag”, step by step

dag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Danish dagh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Danishdagh—
2Old Norsedagra day; days, times
3Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via Danish pragtstjerne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishpragtstjerne—

Words derived from “dag”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagaz →Every word from Old Norse dagr →