Where does “dai” come from?
dai (Italian) comes from Italian dare, from Latin dō, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.
dai (Italian): second-person singular present of dare;...
Definitions
- second-person singular present of dare;...
Ancestry of “dai”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | dare | to give, to transfer the possession/holding of... |
| 2 | Latin | dō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |