onsdag
Norwegian Nynorsk
noun-m1
Definitions
- Wednesday, the third day of the week.
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse óðinsdagr (Odin's day) derived 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
- onsdag Norwegian Bokmål
- *Wōdanas dagaz Proto-Germanic
- *wēdnesdæġ Old English
- wodnesdæg Old English
- wōdnesdæġ Old English
- óðinsdagr Old Norse
- óðinsdagur Icelandic
- woensdach Middle Dutch
- wōtanstag Old High German
- ónsdagur Faroese
- *wuodenesdag Old Dutch
- wōdanesdag Old Saxon
- oþinsdagher Old Swedish
- *wōdensdei Old Frisian
- othænsdagh Old Danish