Where does “dæġ” come from?

dæġ (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

dæġ (Old English): day, daytime

Definitions

  1. day, daytime

Ancestry of “dæġ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “dæġ”

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