Where does “Dachs” come from?

Dachs (Hunsrik) comes from Old High German dahs, from Proto-West Germanic þahs, from Proto-Germanic þahsuz, from Proto-Indo-European tótḱus, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

Dachs (Hunsrik): badger

Definitions

  1. badger

Ancestry of “Dachs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germandahs—
2Proto-West Germanicþahsbadger
3Proto-Germanicþahsuzbadger
4Proto-Indo-Europeantótḱus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
6Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tótḱus →
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