Where does “Dia do Saci” come from?
Dia do Saci (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese dó, from Italian do, from Italian doni, from Italian dono, from Latin dōnum, from Turkish dönmek, from Ottoman Turkish دونمك, from Old Turkic ton-.
Dia do Saci (Portuguese): A yearly holiday and celebration of Brazilian culture and folklore on 31 October
Definitions
- A yearly holiday and celebration of Brazilian culture and folklore on 31 October
Ancestry of “Dia do Saci”, step by step
Dia do Saci traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese dó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | dó | pity; do |
| 2 | Italian | do | first-person singular indicative present of dare;... |
| 3 | Italian | doni | plural of dono; second-person singular present... |
| 4 | Italian | dono | gift; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | dōnum | gift, present |
| 6 | Turkish | dönmek | to turn; to return; to rotate |
| 7 | Ottoman Turkish | دونمك | to turn around; to turn |
| 8 | Old Turkic | ton- | — |
| 9 | English | Hyun | — |
| 10 | Korean | 현 | 現: current; present; 絃: string |
| 11 | Chinese | 玄 | — |
via Portuguese dia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | dia | day; occurring on the specified day of the month |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | dia | day |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | dia | inflection of dius: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 4 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |