woansdei
Frisian (Western)
/ˈvaːnzdi/
noun
Definitions
- Wednesday
Etymology
Inherited from Old Frisian *wōdensdei 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
- Wednesday English
- Wednesdayite English
- diēs Mercuriī Latin
- *Wōdanas dagaz Proto-Germanic
- *wēdnesdæġ Old English
- wodnesdæg Old English
- wōdnesdæġ Old English
- Wednesday Middle English
- óðinsdagr Old Norse
- woensdach Middle Dutch
- wōtanstag Old High German
- *wuodenesdag Old Dutch
- wōdanesdag Old Saxon
- Wōnje Marshallese
- *wōdensdei Old Frisian