Where does “tåg” come from?

tåg (Swedish) comes 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.

tåg (Swedish): a railroad train; a train, a march, a military...

Definitions

  1. a railroad train; a train, a march, a military...

Ancestry of “tåg”, step by step

tåg traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German tag

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

via Middle Low German toge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germantoge—
2Old Saxontugi—
3Proto-West Germanic*tugidrawing, tug, pull
4Proto-Germanictugiza drawing, tug, pull
5Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead

via Old Norse tak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetakgrip, hold
2Old Norsetakato take; taking, capture; taking, seizing
3Proto-Germanictēkanąto touch; to grasp
4Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₁g-to touch

Words derived from “tåg”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dag →