Where does “ܐܢܕܘܪܐ” come from?
ܐܢܕܘܪܐ (Classical Syriac) comes from English Andorra, from Catalan Andorra, from Basque andurrial, from Spanish andar, from Vulgar Latin and(i)tare, from Latin ambitare, from Latin adito, from Latin adeō — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Ancestry of “ܐܢܕܘܪܐ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Andorra | — |
| 2 | Catalan | Andorra | Andorran |
| 3 | Basque | andurrial | shrub-covered land |
| 4 | Spanish | andar | to walk, to go; to amble, to travel; to ride |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | and(i)tare | to go |
| 6 | Latin | ambitare | present active infinitive of *ambitō;... |
| 7 | Latin | adito | I go to or approach often; second-person singular... |
| 8 | Latin | adeō | so, thus, so much |
| 9 | Interlingua | deo | a god, deity |
| 10 | French | Dieu | God; to God |
| 11 | Middle French | Dieu | God Christian deity |
| 12 | Old French | deü | Alternative form of deu |
| 13 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 14 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 15 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |