Where does “dayflying” come from?

dayflying (English) comes from English Day, from Middle English day, from Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

dayflying (English): Flying by day; diurnal

Definitions

  1. Flying by day; diurnal

Ancestry of “dayflying”, step by step

dayflying traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Day

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDayderived from a medieval diminutive of David
2Middle Englishdayday; daylight, sunlight; epoch, age, period
3Old Englishdæġday, daytime
4Proto-West Germanicdagday
5Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via English flying

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflyingThat flies or can fly; Brief or hurried; Not...
2Middle Englishflyinge—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →