Etymology

daysman

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Today it means: An arbiter, referee, mediator. Full definition →

English day ← Middle English day ← Old English dæġ
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰegʷʰ-?
  2. Proto-Germanic*dagaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*dag
  4. Old Englishdæġ
  5. Middle Englishday
  6. Englishday
  7. English todaydaysman

From day + -s- + -man.

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