Where does “Wednesdayish” come from?
Wednesdayish (English) comes from English Wednesday, from Middle English Wednesday, from Old English wōdnesdæġ, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanas dag, from Latin diēs Mercuriī, from Sanskrit सौम्यवार, from Sanskrit वार, from Sanskrit वर — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
Wednesdayish (English): On or around Wednesday
Definitions
- On or around Wednesday
Ancestry of “Wednesdayish”, step by step
Wednesdayish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Wednesday
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wednesday | The fourth day of the week in many religious... |
| 2 | Middle English | Wednesday | Wednesday fourth day of the week |
| 3 | Old English | wōdnesdæġ | Wednesday |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *Wōdanas dag | — |
| 5 | Latin | diēs Mercuriī | Wednesday |
| 6 | Sanskrit | सौम्यवार | Wednesday |
| 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 |
via English ish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ish | Pronunciation spelling of is; somewhat,... |
| 2 | English | -ish | Typical of, similar to, being like; Somewhat,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ish | Alternative form of -yssh |
| 4 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |