Where does “dagjämning” come from?
dagjämning (Swedish) comes from Swedish jämning, from Swedish -ing, from Old Swedish -ing, from Old Norse -ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingō — -ing.
dagjämning (Swedish): equinox
Ancestry of “dagjämning”, step by step
dagjämning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish jämning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Swedish | jämning | a levelling, an equilibrium |
| 2 | Swedish | -ing | Used to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing. See... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -ing | Forms gerund nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ing | Forms gerund nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ingō | -ing |
via Swedish Dag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Swedish | Dag | a day |
| 2 | Old Swedish | dagher | day |
| 3 | Old Norse | dagr | a day; days, times |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | dagaz | day; name of the D-rune |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰ- | to burn; warm, hot |
Words derived from “dagjämning”