*dagaz

Runic: ᛞᚨᚷᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈdɑ.ɣɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

  1. day (the period between sunrise and sunset)
  2. name of the rune ᛞ (d)

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeǵʰ- (‘recur, repeat, cycle’). The noun meaning ‘day’ was likely older than the PIE o-stem and may have involved an s-stem, *dʰṓǵʰ-s ~ *dʰǵʰ-és-s, and perhaps a heteroclitic r/n-stem, *dʰóǵʰ-r̥ ~ *dʰǵʰ-ér-s, later remodeled (Klimp 2013). That analysis best explains the overlap with ‘yesterday’ morphology (see *gesteraz) and the long-vocalism side forms (e.g., Old Norse dǿgr, Old English dōgor). The older *dʰegʷʰ- ‘burn’ derivation remains possible, but only if one accepts a special explanation for the Proto-Germanic labiovelar reflex and a looser bridge from ‘heat’ to ‘day’. It could be that the two were eventually conflated. Related to *gesteraz (‘yesterday’).

As an aside, note Proto-Kartvelian root *deɣ- (‘day’) with daughter Georgian დღე (dɣe, ‘day, daytime’), which could indicate a substrate or early borrowing between the two proto-languages (if not a common origin).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.dagazdagōz, dagōs
Acc.dagądaganz
Gen.dagas, dagisdagǫ̂
Dat.dagaidagamaz
Inst.dagōdagamiz
Voc.dagdagōz, dagōs

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Descendants

  • *dag (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dag (Old Dutch)
      • dach (Middle Dutch)
        • daag (Limburgish)
        • dag (West Flemish)
  • *dag (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dag (Old Dutch)
      • dach (Middle Dutch)
        • dag, dagge, dagh (Dutch)
          • dag (Afrikaans)
  • *dag (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dæġ, deġ, deag, dæiġ, daig, dag, daġ (Old English)
      • day, dai, daye, dey, daȝȝ, daiȝ, dæi, dæȝ, dei (Middle English)
        • day (English)
        • day, dey, dei, dy (Scots)
  • *dag (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dei, dī (Old Frisian)
      • Dai (Saterland Frisian)
      • dei (West Frisian)
  • *dag (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tag, tac, tak, dac, *dag (Old High German)
      • tac, tag, dach (Middle High German)
        • Tag (Alemannic German)
        • Da, Dåg, Doch (Bavarian)
        • Daach (Central Franconian)
        • Tag (German)
        • Dag, Do (Luxembourgish)
        • Tach (Rhine Franconian)
        • טאָג (tog) (Yiddish)
  • *dag (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dag (Old Saxon)
      • dach (Middle Low German)
        • Dach (Plautdietsch)
  • *dag (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dag (Old Saxon)
      • dach (Middle Low German)
        • Dag (Low German)
          • dag (Dutch Low Saxon)
          • Dag (Low German)
  • *ᛞᚨᚷᚨᛉ (*dagaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • dagr (Old Norse)
      • dagur (Faroese)
      • dagur (Icelandic)
      • dag, dag’e (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • *ᛞᚨᚷᚨᛉ (*dagaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • dagr (Old Norse)
      • dagh (Old Danish)
        • dag (Danish)
          • dag (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • *ᛞᚨᚷᚨᛉ (*dagaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • dagr (Old Norse)
      • dagher, ᚦᛆᚵᚼᚽᚱ (Old Swedish)
        • dag (Swedish)
  • tag (Crimean Gothic)
  • 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (dags) (Gothic)

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