Where does “Hundstage” come from?

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

Hundstage (German): dog days

Definitions

  1. dog days

Ancestry of “Hundstage”, step by step

Hundstage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Tag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTagday; day, daylight; day, daylight, light
2Middle High Germantagday; age, lifetime; convention, congress
3Old High Germantagday
4Proto-West Germanicdagday
5Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via German Hund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHunddog, hound; scoundrel; dog; board with casters...
2Old High Germanhuntdog
3Proto-West Germanichunddog
4Proto-Germanichundazdog
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dag →