Where does “Skyre Thuirsday” come from?
Skyre Thuirsday (Scots) comes from Middle English Schyre Thursday, from Middle English Thursday, from Old English þursdæġ, from Proto-Germanic *Þunras dag, from Latin dies iovis, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Skyre Thuirsday (Scots): Maundy Thursday
Definitions
- Maundy Thursday
Ancestry of “Skyre Thuirsday”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Schyre Thursday | Maundy Thursday |
| 2 | Middle English | Thursday | Thursday fifth day of the week |
| 3 | Old English | þursdæġ | Thursday |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *Þunras dag | — |
| 5 | Latin | dies iovis | Thursday |
| 6 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |