Where does “दिन” come from?
दिन (Middle Gujarati) comes from Sanskrit दिन, from Proto-Indo-Aryan dinám, from Indo-Iranian *dinám, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.
दिन (Middle Gujarati): day
Ancestry of “दिन”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | दिन | day; cut, divided, mowed |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | dinám | day |
| 3 | Indo-Iranian | *dinám | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |