Where does “Saturdaying” come from?
Saturdaying (English) comes from English saturday, from Middle English Saterday, from Old English sæternesdæg, from Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag, from Latin dies Saturni, from Sanskrit शनिवार, from Sanskrit वार, from Sanskrit वर — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
Saturdaying (English): labour performed by citizens in their spare time...
Definitions
- labour performed by citizens in their spare time...
Ancestry of “Saturdaying”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | saturday | — |
| 2 | Middle English | Saterday | Saturday |
| 3 | Old English | sæternesdæg | Saturday; the seventh day of the week |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *Sāturnas dag | — |
| 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 |