Where does “dagdagelijks” come from?
dagdagelijks (Dutch) comes from Dutch dagelijks, from Middle Dutch dagelics, from Old Dutch dagawelikis, from Old Dutch welik, from Proto-Germanic hwilīkaz, from Proto-Germanic hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.
dagdagelijks (Dutch): day in day out
Definitions
- day in day out
Ancestry of “dagdagelijks”, step by step
dagdagelijks traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch dagelijks
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dagelijks | daily |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | dagelics | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | dagawelikis | daily |
| 4 | Old Dutch | welik | which, whichever, any |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hwilīkaz | what kind of, what sort of |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hwaz | who, what; whose; whom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷos | See *kʷis |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷ- | The primary interrogative root |