Where does “Dienstag” come from?

Dienstag (German) comes from Middle Low German dingesdach, from Old Saxon thingesdag, from Proto-Germanic *þingas-dagaz.

Dienstag (German): Tuesday

Definitions

  1. Tuesday

Ancestry of “Dienstag”, step by step

Dienstag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German dingesdach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low GermandingesdachTuesday
2Old Saxonthingesdag—
3Proto-Germanic*þingas-dagaz—

via Middle Dutch dinsendach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchdinsendach—

Words derived from “Dienstag”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *þingas-dagaz →Every word from Old Saxon thingesdag →Every word from Middle Low German dingesdach →