Where does “Schyre Thursday” come from?
Schyre Thursday (Middle English) comes from Middle English Thursday, from Old English þursdæġ, from Proto-Germanic *Þunras dag, from Latin dies iovis, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Schyre Thursday (Middle English): Maundy Thursday
Definitions
- Maundy Thursday
Ancestry of “Schyre Thursday”, step by step
Schyre Thursday traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English Thursday
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Thursday | Thursday fifth day of the week |
| 2 | Old English | þursdæġ | Thursday |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *Þunras dag | — |
| 4 | Latin | dies iovis | Thursday |
| 5 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 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 |
via Middle English schyre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | schyre | Alternative form of shire; bright, shimmering,... |
| 2 | Old English | sċīr | bright; shire; county |
| 3 | Old English | burna | stream |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | brunnō | well, spring |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | brunnô | source; wellspring; fountain; brook; stream;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰréh₁wr̥ | well, spring, source |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewh₁- | to boil; to brew |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |