Where does “dagg” come from?

dagg (Swedish) comes from Dutch dag, from Middle Dutch dach, from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

dagg (Swedish): dew

Definitions

  1. dew

Ancestry of “dagg”, step by step

dagg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch dag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdagday; daytime; !
2Middle Dutchdachday
3Old Dutchdagday
4Proto-West Germanicdagday
5Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via Old French dague

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdague—
2Italiandagadagger; A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but...
3Vulgar LatindacaDacian knife; Dacian
4LatinDaciaDenmark; Dacia; greater Romania
5Ancient GreekΔάοιDai, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus

Words derived from “dagg”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →