Where does “Tuesday” come from?
Tuesday derives from Middle English Tewesday, from Old English tīwesdæġ, from Proto-Germanic Tīwas dagaz, meaning day of Tīw, combining Proto-Germanic dagaz with Proto-Indo-European dʰegʰ- meaning to burn.
Tuesday (English): The third day of the week in many religious...
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Ancestry of “Tuesday”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Tewesday | Tuesday |
| 2 | Old English | tīwesdæġ | Tuesday |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *Tīwas dag | — |
| 4 | Latin | dīēs Martis | Tuesday |
| 5 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |