Where does “wōdanesdag” come from?
wōdanesdag (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag, from Latin diēs Mercuriī, from Sanskrit सौम्यवार, from Sanskrit वार, from Sanskrit वर, from Sanskrit वीर, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wīrás, from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
wōdanesdag (Old Saxon): Wednesday, Woden's day
Definitions
- Wednesday, Woden's day
Ancestry of “wōdanesdag”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *Wōdanas dag | Wednesday |
| 2 | Latin | diēs Mercuriī | Wednesday |
| 3 | Sanskrit | सौम्यवार | Wednesday |
| 4 | Sanskrit | वार | Alternative form of वाल; keeping back,... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | वर | "environing", "enclosing", circumference, space,... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | वीर | man, especially a brave or eminent man, hero,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wīrás | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |