Where does “dahs” come from?

dahs (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic þahs, from Proto-Germanic þahsuz, from Proto-Indo-European tótḱus, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

Ancestry of “dahs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicþahsbadger
2Proto-Germanicþahsuzbadger
3Proto-Indo-Europeantótḱus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
5Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “dahs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tótḱus →
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