Where does “Bundestag” come from?
Bundestag derives from German Tag (day) and Middle High German binden (to bind), tracing through Old High German tag and Proto-Indo-European roots dʰegʰʷʰ- and bʰendʰ-.
Ancestry of “Bundestag”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Bundestag | federal/state parliament |
| 2 | German | tag | singular imperative of tagen |
| 3 | German | guten Tag | hello, good day, good afternoon |
| 4 | Alemannic German | Tag | day |
| 5 | Middle High German | tac | Alternative form of tag |
| 6 | Old High German | tag | day |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | dag | day |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | dagaz | day; name of the D-rune |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰ- | to burn; warm, hot |