Where does “dayjamas” come from?
dayjamas (English) comes from English pajamas, from English pyjamas, from Urdu پایجامه, from Hindi पैजामा, from Classical Persian پایجامه, from Persian پاجامه, from Persian پا, from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
dayjamas (English): Pajama-like clothing worn as daytime-appropriate apparel
Definitions
- Pajama-like clothing worn as daytime-appropriate apparel
Ancestry of “dayjamas”, step by step
dayjamas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pajamas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pajamas | Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in,... |
| 2 | English | pyjamas | Britain standard spelling of pajamas |
| 3 | Urdu | پایجامه | — |
| 4 | Hindi | पैजामा | pajama |
| 5 | Classical Persian | پایجامه | — |
| 6 | Persian | پاجامه | leg garment |
| 7 | Persian | پا | leg, foot; with |
| 8 | Old Persian | 𐎱𐎠𐎭 | foot |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | pā́dah | foot |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pā́ts | foot |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |