Where does “dey” come from?
dey (French) comes from Algerian Arabic داي, from Ottoman Turkish دایی, from Persian دایی — maternal uncle.
Ancestry of “dey”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Algerian Arabic | داي | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | دایی | — |
| 3 | Persian | دایی | maternal uncle |