Where does “Fridayness” come from?
Fridayness (English) comes from English Friday, from Middle English Friday, from Old English frīġedæġ, from Proto-Germanic *Frījā dag, from Latin dīēs Veneris, from Latin Veneris.
Fridayness (English): The quality of being a Friday, or like a Friday
Definitions
- The quality of being a Friday, or like a Friday
Ancestry of “Fridayness”, step by step
Fridayness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Friday
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Friday | The sixth day of the week in many religious... |
| 2 | Middle English | Friday | Friday sixth day of the week |
| 3 | Old English | frīġedæġ | Friday |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *Frījā dag | — |
| 5 | Latin | dīēs Veneris | Friday |
| 6 | Latin | Veneris | — |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |