Where does “marţi” come from?
marţi (Romanian) comes from Latin dies Martis, from Latin dies, from Latin diem, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws, from Proto-Indo-European dyéws, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.
marţi (Romanian): Tuesday
Ancestry of “marţi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | dies Martis | Tuesday |
| 2 | Latin | dies | A day, "particularly:" |
| 3 | Latin | diem | accusative singular of diēs |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
Words derived from “marţi”