Where does “dagon” come from?

dagon (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic dagēn, from Proto-Germanic dagāną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

dagon (Old Dutch): to dawn, become day

Definitions

  1. to dawn, become day

Ancestry of “dagon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicdagēnto dawn, to become day
2Proto-Germanicdagānąto dawn, to become day
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

Words derived from “dagon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagāną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dagēn →