Where does “tiistai-ilta” come from?

tiistai-ilta (Finnish) comes from Finnish tiistai, from Old Swedish tisdagher, from Old Norse týsdagr, from Proto-Germanic *Tīwas dag, from Latin dīēs Martis, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous — to be bright; sky, heaven.

tiistai-ilta (Finnish): Tuesday evening

Definitions

  1. Tuesday evening

Ancestry of “tiistai-ilta”, step by step

tiistai-ilta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tiistai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtiistaiTuesday
2Old SwedishtisdagherTuesday
3Old NorsetýsdagrTuesday
4Proto-Germanic*Tīwas dag—
5Latindīēs MartisTuesday
6LatindiēsA day, particularly
7Proto-Italicdjēmaccusative singular of *djous
8Proto-Italic*djous—
9Proto-Indo-Europeandyḗwssky, heaven; sky god
10Proto-Indo-Europeandyéwssky, heaven
11Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

via Finnish ilta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishiltaevening
2Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyéws →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws →