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Where does “dagaz” come from?

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

dagaz (Proto-Germanic): day; name of the D-rune

Definitions

  1. day; name of the D-rune

Ancestry of “dagaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

Words derived from “dagaz”

  • days
  • Saturday
  • Tuesday
  • nowadays
  • daytime
  • someday
  • daybreak
  • Sat
  • Reichstag
  • noonday
  • weekday
  • daydreaming
  • daydream
  • daycare
  • Tuesdays
  • payday
  • Bundestag
  • doomsday
  • intraday
  • dachshund
  • daylong
  • daybook
  • Riksdag
  • daybed
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