Where does “lokaltåg” come from?

lokaltåg (Swedish) comes from Swedish tåg, from Middle High German tag, from Old High German tag, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

lokaltåg (Swedish): local train; A rail transport system, typically a commuter (or pendeltåg in Swedish), or a train in such systems normally serving a metropolitan area and stopping at all (or almost all) stations between its two termini

Definitions

  1. local train; A rail transport system, typically a commuter (or pendeltåg in Swedish), or a train in such systems normally serving a metropolitan area and stopping at all (or almost all) stations between its two termini

Ancestry of “lokaltåg”, step by step

lokaltåg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish tåg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtåga railroad train; a train, a march, a military...
2Middle High Germantagday; age, lifetime; convention, congress
3Old High Germantagday
4Proto-West Germanicdagday
5Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via Swedish lokal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishlokallocal, pertaining to the near area; a place, a...
2LatinlocālisBelong to a place; local
3Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
4Old Latinstlocus—
5Proto-Italicstlokos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dag →