Proto-Germanic
*dagaz
‘day’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *dagaz.
4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, most familiar first.
- day ← dæġ ← *dag
- dawn ← dawnen ← dawnynge ← dawen ← dagian
- daw ← dawen ← dagian ← *dagēn ← *dagāną
- adaw ← adawen ← adawe ← dawe ← day
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *dagaz