Where does “kiirastorstai” come from?

kiirastorstai (Finnish) comes from Finnish torstai, from Old Norse þórsdagr, from Proto-Germanic *Þunras dag, 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.

kiirastorstai (Finnish): Maundy Thursday, Holy Thursday, Covenant...

Definitions

  1. Maundy Thursday, Holy Thursday, Covenant...

Ancestry of “kiirastorstai”, step by step

kiirastorstai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish torstai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtorstaiThursday
2Old NorseþórsdagrThursday
3Proto-Germanic*Þunras dag—
4Latindies iovisThursday
5LatindiēsA day, particularly
6Proto-Italicdjēmaccusative singular of *djous
7Proto-Italic*djous—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandyḗwssky, heaven; sky god
9Proto-Indo-Europeandyéwssky, heaven
10Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

via Swedish skära

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskärato cut; to perform an incision; to cut; to divide...
2Old Swedishskærato cut, to shear
3Old Norseskerato cut
4Proto-Germanicskeranąto shear
5Proto-Indo-Europeansḱer-to caw, crow

Words derived from “kiirastorstai”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyéws →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws →