Appendix:Proto-Germanic/dagaz

This entry contains Proto-Germanic reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɑ.ɣɑz/

Noun

*dagaz m

1. day
2. (Runic alphabet) name of the D-rune (ᛞ)

Declension

Declension of *dagaz (a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dagaz	*dagōz, -ōs
Vocative	*dag	*dagōz, -ōs
Accusative	*dagą	*daganz
Genitive	*dagas, -is	*dagǫ̂
Dative	*dagai	*dagamaz
Instrumental	*dagō	*dagamiz

Descendants

• Old English: dæġ
  • Middle English: day
    • English: day
    • Scots: day
• Old Frisian: dei, di
  • West Frisian: dei
• Old Saxon: dag
  • Low German: Dag
• Old Dutch: dag
  • Dutch: dag
    • Afrikaans: dag
  • Limburgish: daag
• Old High German: tag
  • German: Tag
  • Luxembourgish: Dag
  • Vilamovian: taog
  • Yiddish: טאָג (tog)
• Old Norse: dagr
  • Icelandic: dagur
  • Faroese: dagur
  • Norwegian: dag
  • Elfdalian: dag
  • Swedish: dag
  • Danish: dag
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (dags)