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The names of the days of the week in North Germanic languages were not calqued from Latin directly, but taken from the West Germanic names. Sunday: Old English Sunnandæg (pronounced [ˈsunnɑndæj]), meaning "sun's day". This is a translation of the Latin phrase diēs Sōlis.
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On the Slavic (and possibly Baltic) names for days of the week, 'Monday' in Polish is 'poniedzialek' (omitting the diacritic), meaning 'day after sunday / non-working-day'. Then Tuesday is 'second' (presumably day after sunday), and so on as mentioned in the page. Parshva 08:23, 27 February 2008 (UTC) SUNDAY is the first day of the week.
Some evidence for interpretatio germanica exists in the Germanic translations of the Roman names for the days of the week from Roman deities into names of approximately equivalent Germanic deities: Sunday , the day of Sunnǭ ( Old Norse : Sunna , Sól ; Old English : Sunne ; Old High German : Sunna ), the sun (as female), was earlier the day of ...
The planetary hours are an ancient system in which one of the seven classical planets is given rulership over each day and various parts of the day. Developed in Hellenistic astrology, it has possible roots in older Babylonian astrology, and it is the origin of the names of the days of the week as used in English and numerous other languages.
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If you're a fan of "Mean Girls," you know the date of October 3 is slightly more "fetch" than the other days of the year.Since the release of the hit comedy movie in 2004, Oct. 3 has commonly been ...
Wednesday is the day of the week between Tuesday and Thursday. According to international standard ISO 8601, it is the third day of the week. [1] In English, the name is derived from Old English Wōdnesdæg and Middle English Wednesdei, 'day of Woden', reflecting the religion practised by the Anglo-Saxons, the English equivalent to the Norse ...