Days of the Week

[Comte Arnau]

By request. ;)

Week Days in Western Europe:

LATIN LANGUAGES


Latin
· Dies Solis, Day of the Sun, later changed into
-- Dies Dominicus, Day of the Lord, from which: domingo (Spanish and Portuguese); diumenge (Catalan); dimanche (French); domenica (Italian); duminică (Romanian)
· Dies Lunae, Day of the Moon, from which: lunes (Spanish); dilluns (Catalan); lundi (French); lunedì (Italian); luni (Romanian)
· Dies Martis, Day of Mars, the God of War, from which: martes (Spanish); dimarts (Catalan); mardi (French); martedì (Italian); marţi (Romanian)
· Dies Mercurii, Day of Mercury, the God of Trade, from which: miércoles (Spanish), dimecres (Catalan), mercredi (French); mercoledì (Italian); miercuri (Romanian)
· Dies Jovis, Day of Jove (Jupiter), the God of Sky and Thunder, from which: jueves (Spanish); dijous (Catalan); jeudi (French); giovedì (Italian); joi (Romanian)
· Dies Veneris, Day of Venus, the Goddess of Love, from which: viernes (Spanish); divendres (Catalan); vendredi (French); venerdì (Italian); vineri (Romanian)
· Dies Saturni, Day of Saturn, the God of Time, changed later into
-- Dies Sambati, Day of the Sabbath, from which: sábado (Spanish and Portuguese); dissabte (Catalan); samedi (French); sabato (Italian); sâmbătă (Romanian)


GERMANIC LANGUAGES


Day of the Sun:
Sunday (English); Zondag (Dutch); Sonntag (German); Söndag (Scandinavian)
Day of the Moon:
Monday (English); Maandag (Dutch); Montag (German); Mandag (Danish); Måndag (Swedish)
Day of Tiw/Tyr, the God of Combat:
Tuesday (English); Dinsdag (Dutch); Dienstag (German); Tirsdag (Danish); Tisdag (Swedish)
Day of Odin/Woden, the Ruler of Asgard:
Wednesday (English); Woensdag (Dutch); Onsdag (Scandinavian)
Day of Thor/Thunor, the God of Thunder:
Thursday (English); Donderdag (Dutch); Donnerstag (German); Torsdag (Scandinavian)
Day of Freya/Frige, the Goddess of Love:
Friday (English); Vrijdag (Dutch); Freitag (German); Fredag (Scandinavian)
Day of Saturn
-- Saturday (English); Zaterdag (Dutch)
-- [Day of the Sabbath] Samstag (German)
-- [Day of Wash/Bath] Lördag (Scandinavian)


BASQUE

Igande 'Ascension Day' < igan 'go up' +te
Astelehen 'First Week Day/Moon' < aste 'week' + lehen 'first'
Astearte 'Middle Week Day/Moon' < aste 'week' + arte 'between'
Asteazken 'Last Week Day/Moon' < aste 'week' + azken 'last'
Ostegun 'Day of Ortz', God of Thunder < ortzi 'thunder' + egun 'day'
Ostiral < ortzi 'thunder' + ?
Larunbat 'Quarter of a month' or 'Gathering of companions'

CELTIC LANGUAGES
Post Christian/Latin influence:

Sunday:
Dydd Sul (Welsh); Di'sul (Breton)
-- [of the Lord] Dé Domhnaigh (Irish); Di-Dòmhnaich (Scottish)
Monday:
Dé Luain (Irish); Di-Luain (Scottish); Dydd Llun (Welsh); Di'lun (Breton)
Tuesday:
Dé Máirt (Irish); Di-Màirt (Scottish); Dydd Mawrth (Welsh); Di'meurzh (Breton)
Wednesday:
Dydd Mercher (Welsh); Di'merc'her (Breton)
-- (First Fast) Dé Céadaoin (Irish); Di-Ciadain (Scottish)
Thursday:
Dydd Lau (Welsh); Di'riaou (Breton)
-- (Day between Two Fasts) Déardaoin (Irish); Di-Ardaoin (Scottish)
Friday:
Dydd Gwener (Welsh); Di'gwener (Breton)
-- (Fasting Day) Dé Haoine (Irish); Di-Haoine (Scottish)
Saturday:
Dé Sathairn (Irish); Di-Sàthairne (Scottish); Dydd Sadwrn (Welsh); Di'sadorn (Breton)

[Grumpy Cat]

Very interesting! The days reflect old pagan gods of the cultures.

[Treffie]

Thursday:
Dydd Lau (Welsh);

It's Dydd Iau. (thought I'd correct your source :D)

[Rouxinol]

In Portuguese:

- Segunda-Feira (Monday)
- Terça-Feira (Tuesday)
- Quarta-Feira (Wednesday)
- Quinta-Feira (Thursday)
- Sexta-Feira (Friday)
- Sábado (Saturday)
- Domingo (Sunday)

Here's why it's different than other Latin languages:


Unlike the other Romance languages, modern Portuguese does not use the Roman planetary system for the days Monday through Friday. Instead, the weekdays are numerical, and derived from Ecclesiastical Latin. The word feira (from Latin feria) refers to daily (Roman Catholic) religious celebrations; it is cognate with feira 'fair' or 'market', as well as with férias 'vacation' and feriado 'holiday'. In Spanish, the days of the week are all masculine; in Portuguese, the "feira" days are feminine, while sábado and domingo are masculine.

[Comte Arnau]

In Portuguese:

- Segunda-Feira (Monday)
- Terça-Feira (Tuesday)
- Quarta-Feira (Wednesday)
- Quinta-Feira (Thursday)
- Sexta-Feira (Friday)
- Sábado (Saturday)
- Domingo (Sunday)

Here's why it's different than other Latin languages:

Aha. That's why I only included the last two. Although in Galician it's lunes, martes, mércores, xoves (joves) and venres.