Where does “Sat” come from?
Saturday derives from Middle English Saterday and Old English sæterdæg, literally "day of Saturn," from Old English Sætern, Latin Saturnus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ-.
Sat (English): Abbreviation of Saturday
Definitions
- Abbreviation of Saturday
Ancestry of “Sat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Saturday | The seventh day of the week in many religious... |
| 2 | Middle English | Saterday | Saturday |
| 3 | Old English | sæternesdæg | Saturday; the seventh day of the week |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *Sāturnas dag | Saturday |
| 5 | Latin | dies Saturni | day of Saturn |
| 6 | Sanskrit | शनिवार | of the planet Saturn |
| 7 | Sanskrit | वार | Alternative form of वाल; keeping back,... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | वर | "environing", "enclosing", circumference, space,... |
| 9 | Sanskrit | वीर | man, especially a brave or eminent man, hero,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wīrás | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |