Where does “dach” come from?

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

dach (Middle Low German): day; daylight, brightness

Definitions

  1. day; daylight, brightness

Ancestry of “dach”, step by step

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

Words derived from “dach”

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