Where does “daag” come from?

daag (Limburgish) comes from Middle Dutch dach, from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

daag (Limburgish): day

Definitions

  1. day

Ancestry of “daag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchdachday
2Old Dutchdagday
3Proto-West Germanicdagday
4Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ-
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