Where does “žurnalistka” come from?
žurnalistka (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian žurnalist, from Lower Sorbian žurnal, from German Journal, from French journal, from Old French journal, from Latin diurnālis, from Latin diurnus, from Latin diēs — to be bright; sky, heaven.
žurnalistka (Lower Sorbian): journalist
Ancestry of “žurnalistka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Lower Sorbian | žurnalist | journalist |
| 2 | Lower Sorbian | žurnal | journal |
| 3 | German | Journal | journal |
| 4 | French | journal | That is relative to each day; journal; diary,... |
| 5 | Old French | journal | daily |
| 6 | Latin | diurnālis | — |
| 7 | Latin | diurnus | of the day; daily; day |
| 8 | Latin | diēs | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |