Where does “lændagas” come from?

lændagas (Old English) comes from Old English dagas, from Proto-Germanic dagōs, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

lændagas (Old English): transitory day

Definitions

  1. transitory day

Ancestry of “lændagas”, step by step

lændagas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English dagas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdagas—
2Proto-Germanicdagōs—
3Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via Old English lǣne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlǣne—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagōs →