Where does “dag” come from?

dag (Zealandic) comes 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.

dag (Zealandic): day

Definitions

  1. day

Ancestry of “dag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchdachday
2Old Dutchdagday
3Proto-West Germanicdagday
4Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →