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Where does “dag” come from?

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

dag (Proto-West Germanic): day

Definitions

  1. day

Ancestry of “dag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

Words derived from “dag”

  • days
  • Saturday
  • nowadays
  • daytime
  • someday
  • daybreak
  • Sat
  • Reichstag
  • noonday
  • weekday
  • daydreaming
  • daydream
  • daycare
  • payday
  • Bundestag
  • doomsday
  • intraday
  • dachshund
  • daylong
  • daybook
  • daybed
  • dayroom
  • multiday
  • adays
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