Where does “dada” come from?
dada (Maltese) comes from Italian dado, from Vulgar Latin dadu, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.
dada (Maltese): chest; breast; die
Ancestry of “dada”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | dado | die, dice; any small cube-shaped object; stock... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | dadu | — |
| 3 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 4 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 5 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |