Where does “torstai-ilta” come from?

torstai-ilta (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.

torstai-ilta (Finnish): Thursday evening

Definitions

  1. Thursday evening

Ancestry of “torstai-ilta”, step by step

torstai-ilta 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 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 →