Where does “sterrendag” come from?

sterrendag (Dutch) comes from Dutch dag, from Middle Dutch dach, from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

sterrendag (Dutch): stellar day

Definitions

  1. stellar day

Ancestry of “sterrendag”, step by step

sterrendag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch dag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdagday; daytime; !
2Middle Dutchdachday
3Old Dutchdagday
4Proto-West Germanicdagday
5Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via Dutch sterren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsterren
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ-