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Where does “daysail” come from?

daysail (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.

daysail (English): To sail a yacht for a single day, or to sail by...

Definitions

  1. To sail a yacht for a single day, or to sail by...

Ancestry of “daysail”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDay—
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
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