Where does “Tuesdayness” come from?
Tuesdayness (English) comes from English tuesday, from Middle English Tewesday, from Old English tīwesdæġ, from Proto-Germanic *Tīwas dag, from Latin dīēs Martis, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Tuesdayness (English): The quality of being a Tuesday, or like a Tuesday
Definitions
- The quality of being a Tuesday, or like a Tuesday
Ancestry of “Tuesdayness”, step by step
Tuesdayness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tuesday
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tuesday | The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday |
| 2 | Middle English | Tewesday | Tuesday |
| 3 | Old English | tīwesdæġ | Tuesday |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *Tīwas dag | — |
| 5 | Latin | dīēs Martis | Tuesday |
| 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 |