Where does “hverdag” come from?

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

hverdag (Norwegian Bokmål): weekday, working day

Definitions

  1. weekday, working day

Ancestry of “hverdag”, step by step

hverdag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish dag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishdagday
2Old Danishdagh—
3Old Norsedagra day; days, times
4Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via Danish hver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishhverevery, each; everyone
2Old Norsehverrcauldron, boiler; hot spring; who, which
3Proto-Germanichwarjazwhich, what

Words derived from “hverdag”

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