Where does “दिन” come from?

दिन (Marathi) comes from Sanskrit दिन, from Proto-Indo-Aryan dinám, from Indo-Iranian *dinám, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.

दिन (Marathi): day

Definitions

  1. day

Ancestry of “दिन”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritदिनday; cut, divided, mowed
2Proto-Indo-Aryandinámday
3Indo-Iranian*dinám—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

Words derived from “दिन”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew- →Every word from Indo-Iranian *dinám →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan dinám →