Where does “uafhængighedsdag” come from?

uafhængighedsdag (Danish) comes from Danish uafhængighed, from Danish uafhængig, from Danish afhængig, from Danish afhænge, from German abhängen, from German hängen, from Middle High German hangen, from Old High German hangen — to hang.

uafhængighedsdag (Danish): independence day

Definitions

  1. independence day

Ancestry of “uafhængighedsdag”, step by step

uafhængighedsdag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish uafhængighed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishuafhængighedindependence
2Danishuafhængigindependent
3Danishafhængigaddicted; dependent
4Danishafhængeto depend
5Germanabhängento depend; to hang out; to take down
6Germanhängento hang; to be suspended; to be attached to; to...
7Middle High Germanhangen—
8Old High Germanhangento hang
9West Germanic*hangēn—
10Proto-Germanichangānąto hang, to be suspended
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱenk-to hang

via Danish dag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishdagday
2Old Danishdagh—
3Old Norsedagra day; days, times
4Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱenk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hangāną →Every word from West Germanic *hangēn →