Where does “dagă” come from?

dagă (Romanian) comes from French dague, from Old French dague, from Italian daga, from Vulgar Latin daca, from Latin Dacia, from Ancient Greek Δάοι — Dai, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus.

dagă (Romanian): dagger

Definitions

dagger

Ancestry of “dagă”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	dague	dagger (of the Middle Ages)
2	Old French	dague	—
3	Italian	daga	dagger; A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but...
4	Vulgar Latin	daca	Dacian knife; Dacian
5	Latin	Dacia	Denmark; Dacia; greater Romania
6	Ancient Greek	Δάοι	Dai, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus

Words derived from “dagă”

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