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Where does “Damį́įgo” come from?

Damį́įgo (Navajo) comes from Spanish domingo, from Latin dominicus, from Latin dies Dominica, from Latin dies, from Latin diem, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws — to be bright; sky, heaven.

Damį́įgo (Navajo): Sunday

Definitions

  1. Sunday

Ancestry of “Damį́įgo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishdomingoSunday
2Latindominicusof belonging to a lord master
3Latindies Dominicadominical day, Lord’s day or day of the Lord; day...
4LatindiesA day, "particularly:"
5Latindiemaccusative singular of diēs
6Proto-Italicdjēmaccusative singular of *djous
7Proto-Italic*djous—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandyḗwssky, heaven; sky god
9Proto-Indo-Europeandyéws—
10Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven
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