Where does “dag” come from?

dag (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse dagr, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

dag (Norwegian Bokmål): a day; the period of time between sunrise and...

Definitions

  1. a day; the period of time between sunrise and...

Ancestry of “dag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsedagra day; days, times
2Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

Words derived from “dag”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagaz →Every word from Old Norse dagr →