Where does “Tagesschau” come from?

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

Tagesschau (German): news

Definitions

  1. news

Ancestry of “Tagesschau”, step by step

Tagesschau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German tag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantagsingular imperative of tagen
2Germanguten Taghello, good day, good afternoon
3Alemannic GermanTagday
4Middle High GermantacAlternative form of tag
5Old High Germantagday
6Proto-West Germanicdagday
7Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via German Schau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchaushow
2Middle High Germanschouwe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ-