Where does “Dachsprache” come from?

Dachsprache (German) comes from German dach, from Middle High German dach, from Old High German dag, from Old High German tag, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

Dachsprache (German): dachsprache, umbrella language

Definitions

  1. dachsprache, umbrella language

Ancestry of “Dachsprache”, step by step

Dachsprache traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German dach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandach—
2Middle High Germandach—
3Old High Germandag—
4Old High Germantagday
5Proto-West Germanicdagday
6Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via German sprāche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansprāchelanguage body of words, and set of methods of combining them
2Middle High Germansprāche—
3Old High Germansprāhha—
4Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dag →