Where does “Dachs” come from?

Dachs (German) comes from Old High German dahs, from Proto-West Germanic þahs, from Proto-Germanic þahsuz, from Proto-Indo-European tótḱus, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

Dachs (German): badger; genitive singular of Dach

Definitions

  1. badger; genitive singular of Dach

Ancestry of “Dachs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germandahs—
2Proto-West Germanicþahsbadger
3Proto-Germanicþahsuzbadger
4Proto-Indo-Europeantótḱus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
6Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “Dachs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- →