Where does “tag” come from?

tag (Danish) comes from Old Norse tak, from Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic tēkaną, from Proto-Indo-European deh₁g- — to touch.

tag (Danish): roof; hold, grasp, grip; stroke

Definitions

  1. roof; hold, grasp, grip; stroke

Ancestry of “tag”, step by step

tag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse tak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetakgrip, hold
2Old Norsetakato take; taking, capture; taking, seizing
3Proto-Germanictēkanąto touch; to grasp
4Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₁g-to touch

via English TAG

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTAGTight and aggressive; Initialism of...
2Aramaicתגאcrown, diadem, tiara
3Parthian*𐫤𐫀𐫃—

Words derived from “tag”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₁g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tēkaną →Every word from Old Norse taka →