Where does “Volkstrauertag” come from?

Volkstrauertag (German) comes from German Trauertag, 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 — to burn; warm, hot.

Volkstrauertag (German): "People's Day of Mourning"; day of commemoration for the victims of war and oppression. observed on the second sunday before Advent

Definitions

  1. "People's Day of Mourning"; day of commemoration for the victims of war and oppression. observed on the second sunday before Advent

Ancestry of “Volkstrauertag”, step by step

Volkstrauertag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Trauertag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTrauertagday of mourning
2Germantagsingular imperative of tagen
3Germanguten Taghello, good day, good afternoon
4Alemannic GermanTagday
5Middle High GermantacAlternative form of tag
6Old High Germantagday
7Proto-West Germanicdagday
8Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via German volk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvolkpeople, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language
2Middle High Germanvolc—
3Old High Germanfolcfolk; people collectively, nation; people, nation
4Proto-West Germanicfolkpeople, tribe
5Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dag →