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Where does “day-” come from?

day- (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European dey- — to shine; to gleam, shimmer, shine; to swing, to...

Ancestry of “day-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandey-to shine; to gleam, shimmer, shine; to swing, to...

Words derived from “day-”

  • daiļš
  • daiļums
  • daiļlēkšana
  • daiļava
  • dailus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dey- →