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@1964dodge
Have I missed a day? Isn’t it a bit early for y’all to be doing Friday?
Anyway, fun fact: The days of the week are named after the planets.
Lundi/Monday: from “la lune” (the moon), very similar to “Mo(o)nday”
Mardi/Tuesday: mardi comes from the Latin “day of Mars”, the Roman God of War.
Tuesday also means “day of Mars” but comes from Old English “day of Tiw”, Tiw being the Germanic equivalent to the Roman Mars.
Mercredi/Wednesday: jour de Mercure “day of Mercury”, the messenger of the Gods. He’s the one with the winged sandals.
Wednesday is day of the Germanic Woden (Odin).
Jeudi/Thursday: jour de Jupiter, who was Mercury’s father bu the way.
Thursday: day of Thor, God of Thunder, equivalent to the Rome’s Jupiter.
Vendredi/Friday: jour de Vénus.
Friday: day of Frigga, who was Odin’s wife. Frigga is the Germanic equivalent of the Roman Venus.
Samedi/Saturday: interestingly, the one day that starts with the same syllable in both languages is one that has a completely different origin. Samedi is “le jour du Chabbat”, day of Sabbath. Sabbath being the weekly holy day of rest in the Hebrew calendar.
Dimanche/Sunday: from the latin
dies dominicus, day of God, ot represents the day of rest in several religions. The English version follows the planets (or stars in this case) theme. Sunday became the equivalent Sonntag in German.
Friday being ruled by Venus may explain this