Where does “Tagtraum” come from?

Tagtraum (German) comes from German Traum, from Middle High German troum, from Old High German troum, from Proto-West Germanic draum, from Proto-Germanic draumaz, from Proto-Germanic draugmaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrowgʰ-mos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrewgʰ- — to support; to hold.

Tagtraum (German): daydream

Definitions

  1. daydream

Ancestry of “Tagtraum”, step by step

Tagtraum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Traum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTraumdream
2Middle High Germantroumdream
3Old High Germantroum
4Proto-West Germanicdraumdream
5Proto-Germanicdraumazdream
6Proto-Germanicdraugmaz
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrowgʰ-mos
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrewgʰ-to deceive, to mislead; to serve one's tribe;...
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰer-to support; to hold

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰer-
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