Where does “Wednesdayness” come from?
Wednesdayness (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.
Wednesdayness (English): The quality of being a Wednesday, or like a Wednesday
Definitions
- The quality of being a Wednesday, or like a Wednesday
Ancestry of “Wednesdayness”, step by step
Wednesdayness 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 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 |