Where does “tutê” come from?
tutê (Tapayúna) comes from Marshallese Juje, from English tuesday, from Middle English Tewesday, from Old English tīwesdæġ, from Proto-Germanic *Tīwas dag, from Latin dīēs Martis, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Ancestry of “tutê”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marshallese | Juje | Tuesday |
| 2 | English | tuesday | The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday |
| 3 | Middle English | Tewesday | Tuesday |
| 4 | Old English | tīwesdæġ | Tuesday |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *Tīwas dag | — |
| 6 | Latin | dīēs Martis | Tuesday |
| 7 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |