Where does “Doamne” come from?
Doamne (Romanian) comes from Latin Domine, from Latin die, from Latin dies, from Latin diem, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws, from Proto-Indo-European dyéws — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Doamne (Romanian): vocative of Domn
Ancestry of “Doamne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | Domine | Guide, O Lord my God, my way by your sight |
| 2 | Latin | die | ablative singular of diēs; day; before the day |
| 3 | Latin | dies | A day, "particularly:" |
| 4 | Latin | diem | accusative singular of diēs |
| 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 | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |