Where does “gammeldags” come from?

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

gammeldags (Norwegian Bokmål): old-fashioned

Definitions

  1. old-fashioned

Ancestry of “gammeldags”, step by step

gammeldags traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål dag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåldaga day; the period of time between sunrise and...
2Old Norsedagra day; days, times
3Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via Norwegian Bokmål gammel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålgammelold
2Danishgammelold
3Old Norsegamallold; old, aged; of a certain age
4Proto-Germanicgamalazold, weak
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagaz →Every word from Old Norse dagr →