Thursday
English
/ˈθɜːzdeɪ/, /ˈθɝzdeɪ/, /ˈθɵːzdæe/
noun
Definitions
- The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Thursday inherited from Old English þursdæġ derived from Old Norse þórsdagr, þōrsdagr derived from Danish þursdag, þūrsdag (Thursday) derived from Proto-Germanic *Þunras dagaz (day of Thor, Thor's day) root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (burn, be illuminated, hot, warm).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰegʷʰ-
Gloss
burn, be illuminated, hot, warm
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
暑, 熱
Emoji
🔥
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Thanksgiving English
- Thanksgiving Thursday English
- dawn English
- tephra English
- tephrite English
- dies Iovis Latin
- dies Lunae Latin
- diēs Iovis Latin
- diēs Lūnae Latin
- diēs Mercuriī Latin
- diēs Saturnī Latin
- diēs Sōlis Latin
- diēs Veneris Latin
- dīes Iovis Latin
- febris Latin
- fomes Latin
- fōmentum Latin
- fōmentātiō Latin
- fōmes Latin
- Donnerstag German
- donderdag Dutch, Flemish
- donderdagmorgen Dutch, Flemish
- donderdagochtend Dutch, Flemish
- donderdags Dutch, Flemish
- donderdagsmorgens Dutch, Flemish
- donderdagsochtends Dutch, Flemish
- θεπτάνων Ancient Greek
- τέφρα Ancient Greek
- *dʰegʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰogʷʰ-o-s Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰogʷʰ-éye- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰégʷʰ-e-ti, *dʰegʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰégʷʰeti Proto-Indo-European
- *dagaz Proto-Germanic
- *Þunras dagaz Proto-Germanic
- þunresdæg Old English
- þursdæg Old English
- þursdæġ Old English
- þūresdæġ Old English
- दहति Sanskrit
- Schyre Thursday Middle English
- Thursday Middle English
- þórsdagr Old Norse
- þórsdagr, þōrsdagr Old Norse
- torsdag Danish
- þursdag, þūrsdag Danish
- donresdach Middle Dutch
- donarestag Old High German
- donaristag Old High German
- donarstag Old High German
- Donderdag Afrikaans
- donerstac Middle High German
- Donneschdeg Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *thonaresdag Old Dutch
- *Dago-deiwos Proto-Celtic
- *degʷi- Proto-Celtic
- dontschtag Alemannic German
- þōrsdagher Old Swedish
- tongersdei Western Frisian
- Taije Marshallese
- *thunersdei Old Frisian
- *degut(j)as Proto-Balto-Slavic
- thorsdagh Old Danish
- þursdag, þūrsdag Old Danish
- dunyśtaog Vilamovian
- dagis Old Prussian
- tuorestai Kven