Woensdag
Afrikaans
/vunsdaχ/
noun
Definitions
- Wednesday
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish woensdag (wednesday, Wednesday) inherited from Middle Dutch woensdach inherited from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanas dagaz (day of Woden, later, Odin, day of Wodan).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*Wōdanas dagaz
Gloss
day of Woden, later, Odin, day of Wodan
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- diēs Mercuriī Latin
- Aswoensdag Dutch, Flemish
- woensdag Dutch, Flemish
- woensdagmorgen Dutch, Flemish
- woensdagochtend Dutch, Flemish
- woensdags Dutch, Flemish
- woensdagsmorgens Dutch, Flemish
- woensdagsochtends Dutch, Flemish
- *Wōdanas dagaz Proto-Germanic
- *wēdnesdæġ Old English
- wodnesdæg Old English
- wōdnesdæġ Old English
- óðinsdagr Old Norse
- woensdach Middle Dutch
- wōtanstag Old High German
- *wuodenesdag Old Dutch
- wōdanesdag Old Saxon
- *wōdensdei Old Frisian
- woensdag West Flemish