2007-09-29 01:47:34 · 14 answers · asked by kate n 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Wher did it all come from
The ery first word
Whoever decided
What should be heard
When did it all start
The naming of things
Just how long ago
Did it all begin...
My wife wrote this some time ago....
2007-09-29 01:52:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wednesday is named from a god called woden and used to be called wodensday.
Many words in English have latin or germanic roots. Some AngloSaxon words still survive too.
A few words brought back by soldiers in the 2nd WW from India, Burma are also in common usage now..such as khaki, verandah, kiosk etc.
Language is forever changing, but learning about other languages sheds intersting light on our own.
2007-10-03 01:51:46 · answer #2 · answered by anigma 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The English names for the days of the week derive from the Anglo-Saxon deities stemming from the indigenous pantheon of the Anglo-Saxons. An exception to this is Saturday, which takes its name from the Roman deity Saturn. To varying extents, most regions with dominant Germanic languages practice a similar naming convention, basing most of their week days in recognition of their native Germanic deities.
Saturday and Sunday are commonly called the weekend and are days of rest and recreation in most western cultures. The other five days are then known as weekdays. Friday and Saturday are the days of rest in Muslim and Jewish cultures, respectively. The biblical Sabbath lasts from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset.
Sunday was the first day in the astrological week, in the Hebrew week, and in the Ecclesiastical Latin week of the first millennium. Sunday still begins the week in the United States and to some extent in other English-speaking countries.
In many other countries, including most of Europe, South America, and parts of Asia, Monday is now considered the first day of the week. This agrees with the international standard for date and time representation, ISO 8601, which defines Monday as the first day of the week and Sunday the last.
2007-09-29 01:55:27 · answer #3 · answered by flymetothemoon279 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wednesday is a corruption of the word "Odin's Day", Odin being a deity of Nordic mythology. Most of the other's are also named for Nordic gods, except for a few with Roman origins.
2007-09-29 01:58:51 · answer #4 · answered by nikstaa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember some of them from school. They were named after Roman gods and planets.
Saturn's day
Sun day
Moon day
(Tuesday.. can't remember)
Woden's day
Thor's day
(Friday .. can't remember)
there's got to be a Horrible History book on this I would think!
Cheers!
2007-09-29 01:56:06 · answer #5 · answered by DR.MAZ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it rather is the day, you're working for your self? and not the government? Monday and Tuesday is artwork for the guy! ie government, yet come Wednesday! you're over that hump and it rather is down hill to Thursday and TGIF!!!----- Friday!!
2016-12-28 07:03:28 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After a God (Norse I think) named Woden
Thursday is after a God named Thor
Saturday / Saturn
>Sunday / Sun
Monday / Moon
2007-09-29 01:56:21 · answer #7 · answered by Barry K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wednesday: origin..Old English, named after the Germanic god ODIN; translation of Latin "Mercurii dies" (day of Mercury). Sunday: origin..Old English, "day of the sun" translation of Latin(dies solis) Monday: Old English, "day of the moon" translation of Latin (lunae dies) Tuesday: Old English: named after the Germanic god TIW, associated with the Roman god Mars; translation of Latin (dies Marti) "day of Mars, Thursday: Old English, "day of thunder" named after the Germanic thunder god THOR translation of Latin (Jovis dies (day of Jupiter) Friday: Old English from the name of the Germanic goddess FRIGGA, translation of Latin "Veneris dies" day of the planet Venus Saturday: Old English translation of Latin (Saturni dies) (day of Saturn). Hope that's enough information for you! You'll never have to wonder what it all means ever again, coz now you know!
2007-09-29 02:35:21 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Blame the romans for the lot.
2007-09-29 01:50:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mazzer has most of them - Friday is Friga's (Freya's) Day
2007-09-29 05:16:22 · answer #10 · answered by derfini 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋