Where does “Dachloon” come from?

Dachloon (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Dach, from Low German Dag, from Middle Low German dach, from Old Saxon dag, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

Dachloon (Plautdietsch): day's wage

Definitions

  1. day's wage

Ancestry of “Dachloon”, step by step

Dachloon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Dach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschDachday
2Low GermanDagday
3Middle Low Germandachday; daylight, brightness
4Old Saxondagday
5Proto-West Germanicdagday
6Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via Plautdietsch Loon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschLoonwages; pay
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dag →