English
dati
Dati comes from Hebrew דתי ‘religious’, from Old Persian Old Persian form ‘law’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-1‘to give’reconstructed
- Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEOld Persian form2transliteratedoriginal script Old Persian form, a transliteration; the original signs are in Wiktionary‘law’
- Hebrew1880s–presentדת3‘religion’
- Hebrew1880s–presentדתי4datí‘religious’
- Englishtodaydati4
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎫𐎶
- 2 Wiktionary, Hebrew דת
- 3 Wiktionary, Hebrew דתי
- 4 Wiktionary, English dati
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-Wiktionary, Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎫𐎶‘to give’reconstructed
- Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEOld Persian formWiktionary, Hebrew דתtransliteratedoriginal script Old Persian form, a transliteration; the original signs are in Wiktionary‘law’
- Hebrew1880s–presentדתWiktionary, Hebrew דתי‘religion’
- Hebrew1880s–presentדתיWiktionary, English datidatí‘religious’
- EnglishtodaydatiWiktionary, English dati
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’
add, die, addition, rent, data, date, delicious, tradition, dose, surrender, donor, treason, vent, vendor, render, donate, dow, donation, rendezvous, rendition, anecdote, condone, dowry, additive, antidote, addendum, dowager, endow, dower, perdition, sconce, dacha, 40 more
Today it means
adj religious rather than secular; observing Jewish customs
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “dati”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎫𐎶, Hebrew דת, Hebrew דתי. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- / dati