giorno

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Italian word giorno comes from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-, Latin diu, Proto-Italic *djēm, and later Proto-Italic *djous (Jupiter. Day, sky.)

*dyew- (Proto-Indo-European)

god, sky, sky, sky, heaven

diu (Latin)

Continually, all day. Long enough. Long, long while, for a long time.

*djēm (Proto-Italic)

*djous (Proto-Italic)

Jupiter. Day, sky.

diovos (Latin)

diem (Latin)

diurnus (Latin)

Daily. Of the day Day (medieval Latin only).

diurnum (Latin)

giorno (Italian)

Day.

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