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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *dagaz