Where does “dach” come from?

dach (Polish) comes from Middle High German dach, from Old High German dag, from Old High German tag, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

dach (Polish): roof; house, apartment

Definitions

  1. roof; house, apartment

Ancestry of “dach”, step by step

dach traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German dach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germandach—
2Old High Germandag—
3Old High Germantagday
4Proto-West Germanicdagday
5Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via Old High German dah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germandah—
2Proto-West Germanicþakroof, cover
3Proto-Germanicþakąroof, cover
4Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

Words derived from “dach”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dag →