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English word origin

Etymology of day

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-? Proto-Germanic *dagaz Proto-West Germanic *dag Old English dæġ Middle English day English day Inherited from Middle English day, from Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic

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Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2

Original entry ↗
verb

To spend a day (in a place).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-? Proto-Germanic *dagaz Proto-West Germanic *dag Old English dæġ Middle English day English day Inherited from Middle English day, from Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Cognates Cognate with Scots day, dei, dey, dy (“day”), Yola daie, dei, dey, die (“day”), North Frisian dai, doi, däi (“day”), Saterland Frisian Dai (“day”), West Frisian dei (“day”), Bavarian Dåg, Tåg (“day”), Central Franconian Daach (“day”), Cimbrian tag, tage (“day”), Dutch dag, dagge (“day”), German Tag (“day”), German Low German Dag, Dagg (“day”), Limburgish Daach, Daag (“day”), Luxembourgish Dag (“day”), Mòcheno ta (“day”), Vilamovian taog (“day”), West Flemish dag (“day”), Yiddish טאָג (tog, “day”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish dag (“day”), Faroese and Icelandic dagur (“day”), Norn dagh (“day”), Crimean Gothic tag (“day”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (dags, “day”), Vandalic *dag- (“day”); also Breton deviñ (“to burn”), Cornish dewi (“to kindle”), Irish daigh (“fire, flame”), dóigh (“to burn, singe; sear, scorch”), Manx daah (“to scorch, singe; to cauterize”), Scottish Gaelic dòth (“scorch, singe; burn”), Welsh deifio (“to scorch, singe”), Latin foveō (“to warm, keep warm”), Greek τέφρα (téfra, “ash, cinder”), Albanian dhez, ndez (“to kindle, light”), Old Prussian dagis (“summer”), Armenian հրդեհ (hrdeh, “fire”), Sanskrit दह् (dah, “to burn, consume by fire, scorch, roast”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mentiondayenm
  • Inherited-form mentiondæġang
  • Inherited-form mention*daggmw-pro
  • Inherited-form mention*dagazgem-pro · day
  • Inherited-form mention*dʰegʷʰ-ine-pro · to burn
  • Cognate mentiondaysco
  • Cognate mentiondaieyol
  • Cognate mentiondaifrr
  • Cognate mentionDaistq · day
  • Cognate mentiondeify · day
  • Cognate mentionDågbar
  • Cognate mentionDaachgmw-cfr · day
  • Cognate mentiontagcim
  • Cognate mentiondagnl
  • Cognate mentionTagde · day
  • Cognate mentionDaachli
  • Cognate mentionDaglb · day
  • Cognate mentiontamhn · day
  • Cognate mentiontaogwym · day
  • Cognate mentiondagvls · day
  • Cognate mentionטאָגyi · day
  • Cognate mentiondaghnrn · day
  • Cognate mentiontaggme-cgo · day
  • Cognate mention𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃got · day
  • Cognate mention*dag-xvn · day
  • Cognate mentiondeviñbr · to burn
  • Cognate mentiondewikw · to kindle
  • Cognate mentiondaighga · fire, flame
  • Cognate mentiondaahgv · to scorch, singe; to cauterize
  • Cognate mentiondòthgd · scorch, singe; burn
  • Cognate mentiondeifiocy · to scorch, singe
  • Cognate mentionfoveōla · to warm, keep warm
  • Cognate mentionτέφραel · ash, cinder
  • Cognate mentiondhezsq
  • Cognate mentiondagisprg · summer
  • Cognate mentionհրդեհhy · fire
  • Cognate mentionदह्sa · to burn, consume by fire, scorch, roast
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Unnumbered source etymology · variant 2/2

Original entry ↗
noun

The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky. · A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long. · The time taken for the Sun to seem to be in the same place in the sky twice; a solar day. · The time taken for the Earth to make a full rotation about its axis with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal day or stellar day.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-? Proto-Germanic *dagaz Proto-West Germanic *dag Old English dæġ Middle English day English day Inherited from Middle English day, from Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Cognates Cognate with Scots day, dei, dey, dy (“day”), Yola daie, dei, dey, die (“day”), North Frisian dai, doi, däi (“day”), Saterland Frisian Dai (“day”), West Frisian dei (“day”), Bavarian Dåg, Tåg (“day”), Central Franconian Daach (“day”), Cimbrian tag, tage (“day”), Dutch dag, dagge (“day”), German Tag (“day”), German Low German Dag, Dagg (“day”), Limburgish Daach, Daag (“day”), Luxembourgish Dag (“day”), Mòcheno ta (“day”), Vilamovian taog (“day”), West Flemish dag (“day”), Yiddish טאָג (tog, “day”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish dag (“day”), Faroese and Icelandic dagur (“day”), Norn dagh (“day”), Crimean Gothic tag (“day”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (dags, “day”), Vandalic *dag- (“day”); also Breton deviñ (“to burn”), Cornish dewi (“to kindle”), Irish daigh (“fire, flame”), dóigh (“to burn, singe; sear, scorch”), Manx daah (“to scorch, singe; to cauterize”), Scottish Gaelic dòth (“scorch, singe; burn”), Welsh deifio (“to scorch, singe”), Latin foveō (“to warm, keep warm”), Greek τέφρα (téfra, “ash, cinder”), Albanian dhez, ndez (“to kindle, light”), Old Prussian dagis (“summer”), Armenian հրդեհ (hrdeh, “fire”), Sanskrit दह् (dah, “to burn, consume by fire, scorch, roast”).

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  • Inherited-form mentiondayenm
  • Inherited-form mentiondæġang
  • Inherited-form mention*daggmw-pro
  • Inherited-form mention*dagazgem-pro · day
  • Inherited-form mention*dʰegʷʰ-ine-pro · to burn
  • Cognate mentiondaysco
  • Cognate mentiondaieyol
  • Cognate mentiondaifrr
  • Cognate mentionDaistq · day
  • Cognate mentiondeify · day
  • Cognate mentionDågbar
  • Cognate mentionDaachgmw-cfr · day
  • Cognate mentiontagcim
  • Cognate mentiondagnl
  • Cognate mentionTagde · day
  • Cognate mentionDaachli
  • Cognate mentionDaglb · day
  • Cognate mentiontamhn · day
  • Cognate mentiontaogwym · day
  • Cognate mentiondagvls · day
  • Cognate mentionטאָגyi · day
  • Cognate mentiondaghnrn · day
  • Cognate mentiontaggme-cgo · day
  • Cognate mention𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃got · day
  • Cognate mention*dag-xvn · day
  • Cognate mentiondeviñbr · to burn
  • Cognate mentiondewikw · to kindle
  • Cognate mentiondaighga · fire, flame
  • Cognate mentiondaahgv · to scorch, singe; to cauterize
  • Cognate mentiondòthgd · scorch, singe; burn
  • Cognate mentiondeifiocy · to scorch, singe
  • Cognate mentionfoveōla · to warm, keep warm
  • Cognate mentionτέφραel · ash, cinder
  • Cognate mentiondhezsq
  • Cognate mentiondagisprg · summer
  • Cognate mentionհրդեհhy · fire
  • Cognate mentionदह्sa · to burn, consume by fire, scorch, roast

This page abbreviates 8 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.

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      "name": "cog",
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      "expansion": "Dutch dag"
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      "name": "cog",
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      "name": "cog",
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        "1": "br",
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    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "dewi",
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      "expansion": "Cornish dewi (“to kindle”)"
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      "name": "cog",
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        "1": "ga",
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      "name": "cog",
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      "name": "cog",
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      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
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        "t": "ash, cinder"
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    {
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        "1": "sq",
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      "doi",
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      "Dai",
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    [
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      "Daach",
      "Daach#Central_Franconian"
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      "tag",
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      "tage",
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      "dag",
      "dag#Swedish"
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      "daah",
      "daah#Manx"
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      "τέφρα",
      "τέφρα#Greek"
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      "dhez#Albanian"
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      "հրդեհ",
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        "The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.",
        "A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.",
        "The time taken for the Sun to seem to be in the same place in the sky twice; a solar day.",
        "The time taken for the Earth to make a full rotation about its axis with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal day or stellar day."
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