Where does “Thursdayness” come from?
Thursdayness (English) comes from English thursday, from Middle English Thursday, from Old English þursdæġ, from Proto-Germanic *Þunras dag, from Latin dies iovis, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Thursdayness (English): The quality of being a Thursday, or like a Thursday
Definitions
- The quality of being a Thursday, or like a Thursday
Ancestry of “Thursdayness”, step by step
Thursdayness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English thursday
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | thursday | The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday |
| 2 | Middle English | Thursday | Thursday fifth day of the week |
| 3 | Old English | þursdæġ | Thursday |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *Þunras dag | — |
| 5 | Latin | dies iovis | Thursday |
| 6 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
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 |