Where does “daga” come from?

daga (Old Occitan) comes from Vulgar Latin daca, from Latin Dacia, from Ancient Greek Δάοι — Dai, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus.

daga (Old Occitan): dagger

Definitions

  1. dagger

Ancestry of “daga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar LatindacaDacian knife; Dacian
2LatinDaciaDenmark; Dacia; greater Romania
3Ancient GreekΔάοιDai, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus
Every word from Ancient Greek Δάοι →Every word from Latin Dacia →Every word from Vulgar Latin daca →
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