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Where does “geardagas” come from?

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

geardagas (Old English): olden days, days of yore

Definitions

  1. olden days, days of yore

Ancestry of “geardagas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdægday, as a period from sunrise to sunset and as...
2Proto-West Germanicdagday
3Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot
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