Given name & surname
Dach
Dach is a surname from Middle High German, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in German and Czech.
Original GermanDachgruber
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Dach comes from Middle High German, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle High German dach, from Old High German dah, from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Dach’s family of names
In German usage, Dach as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Swedish form TAK.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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