Where does “dai” come from?

dai (Middle English) comes from Old English dæg, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

dai (Middle English): Alternative form of day

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of day

Ancestry of “dai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdægday, as a period from sunrise to sunset and as...
2Proto-West Germanicdagday
3Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

Words derived from “dai”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dag →