Where does “tag” come from?

tag (Middle High German) comes from Old High German tag, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

tag (Middle High German): day; age, lifetime; convention, congress

Definitions

  1. day; age, lifetime; convention, congress

Ancestry of “tag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germantagday
2Proto-West Germanicdagday
3Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

Words derived from “tag”

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