Where does “Ġunjett” come from?
Ġunjett (Maltese) comes from Sicilian giugnettu, from Old French juignet, from Old French juil, from Latin Iūlius, from Latin iuppiter, from Proto-Italic djous patēr, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Ġunjett (Maltese): July
Definitions
- July
Ancestry of “Ġunjett”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sicilian | giugnettu | July |
| 2 | Old French | juignet | July |
| 3 | Old French | juil | — |
| 4 | Latin | Iūlius | Of the gens Julia, a patrician Roman family |
| 5 | Latin | iuppiter | Jupiter god of the sky and ruler of the Roman pantheon |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | djous patēr | Jupiter |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |