I assume Friday came from all the fishfrys in that day. What about the others?
2007-02-24 14:21:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
For a detailed answer, go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_the_week
and scroll down to the 'Etymology' section.
2007-02-24 14:25:58 · answer #1 · answered by tinania-elfireb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most Latin-based languages connect each day of the week with one of the seven "planets" of the ancient times: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.
English has retained the original planets in the names for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Saturday for Saturn, Sunday for the Sun, and Monday for the Moon.
For the four other days, however, the names of Anglo-Saxon or Nordic gods have replaced the Roman gods that gave name to the planets. Tuesday is named after Tiw, Wednesday is named after Woden, Thursday is named after Thor, and Friday is named after Freya.
2007-02-24 22:28:14 · answer #2 · answered by mitsugirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure that they are derived from the German days: Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch, Donnerstag, Freitag, Samstag, and Sonntag. Freitag directly translates to "Freeday" and Sonntag translates to "Sunday".
I hope that helps!
2007-02-24 22:26:23 · answer #3 · answered by Wishful Writer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i only know a few of tehm wednesday= wodens day, norse god, thursday= thors day, another norse god, friday= freis day, yeat ANOTHER norse god, saturday= saturns day, teh planet, sunday= sun, our sun, day
im nto sure abotu monday and tuesday tho
2007-02-25 01:07:47 · answer #4 · answered by cav 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋