Where does “dziennik” come from?
dziennik (Polish) comes from French journal, from Old French journal, from Latin diurnālis, from Latin diurnus, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws — to be bright; sky, heaven.
dziennik (Polish): journal; daily news
Definitions
- journal; daily news
Ancestry of “dziennik”, step by step
dziennik traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French journal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | journal | That is relative to each day; journal; diary,... |
| 2 | Old French | journal | daily |
| 3 | Latin | diurnālis | diurnal of the day; that takes place during the day |
| 4 | Latin | diurnus | of the day; daily; day |
| 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 Latin diārium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | diārium | daily allowance, wage of food or pay |
| 2 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 3 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |