Where does “žurnalist” come from?
žurnalist (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian žurnal, from German Journal, from French journal, from Old French journal, from Latin diurnālis, from Latin diurnus, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm — to be bright; sky, heaven.
žurnalist (Lower Sorbian): journalist
Ancestry of “žurnalist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Lower Sorbian | žurnal | journal |
| 2 | German | Journal | journal |
| 3 | French | journal | That is relative to each day; journal; diary,... |
| 4 | Old French | journal | daily |
| 5 | Latin | diurnālis | — |
| 6 | Latin | diurnus | of the day; daily; day |
| 7 | Latin | diēs | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
Words derived from “žurnalist”