Where does “die” come from?

die (Yola) comes from Middle English day, from Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

die (Yola): day

Definitions

  1. day

Ancestry of “die”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdayday; daylight, sunlight; epoch, age, period
2Old Englishdæġday, daytime
3Proto-West Germanicdagday
4Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

Words derived from “die”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →