Where does “dienasgrāmata” come from?
dienasgrāmata (Latvian) comes from Latvian diena, from Proto-Indo-European déi-no-, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.
dienasgrāmata (Latvian): diary
Ancestry of “dienasgrāmata”, step by step
dienasgrāmata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latvian diena
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | diena | day |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | déi-no- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Latvian grāmata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | grāmata | book; book, register; ability to read and write |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | грамота | alphabet, writing; ability to read and write;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | γράμματα | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of γράμμα |