Where does “pikkulauantai” come from?
pikkulauantai (Finnish) comes from Swedish lillelördag, from Swedish lördag, from Old Swedish løghardagher, from Old Norse laugardagr, from Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic laugō, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.
pikkulauantai (Finnish): Wednesday as a day of light celebration, relaxation, drinking etc
Definitions
- Wednesday as a day of light celebration, relaxation, drinking etc
Ancestry of “pikkulauantai”, step by step
pikkulauantai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish lillelördag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | lillelördag | A day in the middle of the week, usually Wednesday, during which the servants had time off |
| 2 | Swedish | lördag | Saturday. The sixth day of the week |
| 3 | Old Swedish | løghardagher | Saturday. The sixth day of the week |
| 4 | Old Norse | laugardagr | Saturday |
| 5 | Old Norse | laug | bath; hot spring; first-person singular past... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | laugō | bath, wash; soap, lye |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewh₃- | to wash |