Where does “uitdager” come from?

uitdager (Dutch) comes from Dutch uitdagen, from Dutch dagen, 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.

uitdager (Dutch): challenger

Definitions

  1. challenger

Ancestry of “uitdager”, step by step

uitdager traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch uitdagen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchuitdagento challenge
2Dutchdagento dawn; to light, illuminate, color by lighting;...
3Dutchdagday; daytime; !
4Middle Dutchdachday
5Old Dutchdagday
6Proto-West Germanicdagday
7Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via Dutch er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutcherthere; him, her, it, them; of them, of those
2Old Dutchiro
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ-
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