Where does “dæg” come from?

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

dæg (Old English): day, as a period from sunrise to sunset and as...

Definitions

  1. day, as a period from sunrise to sunset and as...

Ancestry of “dæg”, step by step

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

Words derived from “dæg”

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