Days of the Week

muhannad · Post by **muhannad** » 07 Feb 2006 00:47

Could someone give me a reason for naming the days?
i.e is there any meaning for "Saturday, Sunday, and other days"?
Thanks

kokoyaya · Post by **kokoyaya** » 07 Feb 2006 00:51

viewtopic.php?t=2010 ?

muhannad · Post by **muhannad** » 07 Feb 2006 00:59

Thank you,
But I don't know French language.

I am just begin to learn it.
and I am sorry if I repeat the same subject (discussion).

kokoyaya · Post by **kokoyaya** » 07 Feb 2006 01:03

Well, it just gives the days in many languages

muhannad · Post by **muhannad** » 07 Feb 2006 01:12

Then, you didn't give me the answer.

do u have any idea about the MEANING of the days.

Thanks a lot.

kokoyaya · Post by **kokoyaya** » 07 Feb 2006 01:21

Ups, sorry

Monday => Day of the moon (it gets its name from Mani (Old English Mona), the Germanic Moon god).
Tuesday => The English and Scandinavian names are derived from the Nordic god Tyr (in Old English, Tiw, Tew or Tiu. In Swedish, Tisdag, Danish: Tirsdag, Finnish: Tiistai).
Wednesday => The name comes from the Old English Wodnesdæg meaning the day of the Germanic god Woden who was a god of the Anglo-Saxons in England until about the 7th C. AD.
Thursday => The name Thursday comes from the Old English Þunresdæg, meaning the day of Þunor, commonly known in Modern English as Thor, the Norse god of thunder. Thor replaced the Roman god of thunder, Jupiter, as the namesake of the fourth day of the week after the Anglo-Saxon invasions of Roman Britain.
Friday => The name Friday comes from the Old English frigedæg, meaning the day of Frige, the Norse god of beauty. Frige replaced the Roman god of beauty, Venus, as the namesake of the fifth day of the week after the Anglo-Saxon invasions of Britain. This is why the word for Friday in French is Vendredi, and in Italian it is Venerdi, after Venus, while in Modern German it is Freitag.
Saturday => It is the only day of the week to retain its Roman origin in English, named after the Roman god of time Saturn. Many of the other days of the week adopted names of Saxon gods in Northern Europe.
Sunday => In English, Sunday gets its name from Sunna, or Sunne the Germanic sun goddess.

(thanks Wikipedia

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muhannad · Post by **muhannad** » 07 Feb 2006 01:24

don't worry, and thank u very much.
Muhannad.