Say : "Someday, on a Sunday, I'll eat a cherry." They sound soooo similiar so are the 2 words related. Does Someday come from Sunday ? OR "Does Sunaday come from Someday?"
2006-11-25 01:31:27 · 4 answers · asked by Lourdes B 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
No, someday and Sunday are unrelated. The only eptymological (sic?) similarity is that they both end in -day. Some comes from Old Norse word, 'sumr', and 'sun' came from the Gothic word, 'sunno' or the Old Norse word, 'sunna.' So, they may have come from the same language...
2006-11-25 02:01:21 · answer #1 · answered by carnation-soul 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The word "day" is common to both words. Putting someday with Sunday is what is known as "assonance": i.e. juxtaposing words which have similar sounds and are pleasing to hear together. Some comes from an old English root of "som" and Sunday is named after the pagan sun god, to whom that day was originally dedicated.
2006-11-25 11:10:08 · answer #2 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, they are 2 different words.
2006-11-25 09:34:19 · answer #3 · answered by ♡ Choc ♡ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-11-25 10:53:16 · answer #4 · answered by s c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋