Where does “Dagný” come from?

Dagný (Old Norse) comes from Old Norse dagr, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

Ancestry of “Dagný”, step by step

Dagný traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse dagr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsedagra day; days, times
2Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via Old Norse ný

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenýnew moon; new, young

Words derived from “Dagný”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagaz →Every word from Old Norse dagr →