Days meaning
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Saturday……... from old translation of Latin è “Saturni dies”è (Saturn’s day)
Originally translated from the Latin “day of Saturn”
translated from Latin “Saturni dies”.
Sunday……... from old translation of Latin è “Solis dies” è (Sun’s day)
Monday…….. from old translation of Latinè “Lunae dies” è (Moon’s day)
Tuesday…….. from old translation of Latinè “Tiwesdaeg” è (Tyr’s day)
Originally translated from the Latin “days of Mars”
“Dies Marti” and named after the Germanic god Tiw.
Wednesday…. from old translation of Latinè “Wodnesdaeg” è (Woden’s day)
Originally translated from the Latin “day of Mercury”
”Mercurii dies” and named after the Germanic God Odin.
Thursday…… .from old translation of Latinè “Thursdaeg” è (Thor’s day)
From old English for “day for thunder” translated from
Latin “Jovis dies, “Jupiter’s day”. Jupiter was the god
associated with thunder.
Friday ……… from old translation of Latinè “Frigedaeg” è (Frigg’s day)
Originally translated from the Latin for the “day of the planet Venus”
“Veneries dies” and named after Germanic goddess frigga.
Britannica Concise page 508
Oxford Advanced Learner’s dictionary.
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