Where does “sankta ĵaŭdo” come from?
sankta ĵaŭdo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ĵaŭdo, from French jeudi, from Old French jeudi, from Latin dies iovis, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws — to be bright; sky, heaven.
sankta ĵaŭdo (Esperanto): the Thursday before Easter, Holy Thursday, Maundy...
Definitions
- the Thursday before Easter, Holy Thursday, Maundy...
Ancestry of “sankta ĵaŭdo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ĵaŭdo | Thursday |
| 2 | French | jeudi | Thursday |
| 3 | Old French | jeudi | Thursday |
| 4 | Latin | dies iovis | — |
| 5 | Latin | diēs | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |