Days of the Week Origins

Question 1

Monday

Answer 1

Latin Root: Luna (Lundi)
Germanic: Moon

In North Germanic mythology, the Moon is personified as a god, Máni.

Question 2

Tuesday

Answer 2

Latin Root: Mars Day (Mardi)
Germanic: Tiw’s day.

one-handed god associated with single combat and pledges in Norse mythology and also attested prominently in wider Germanic paganism

Question 3

Wednesday

Answer 3

Latin: Mercury (Mercredi)
Germanic: Wodon

The connection between Mercury and Odin is more strained than the other syncretic connections

Question 4

Thursday

Answer 4

Latin: Jupiter (Jeudi)
German: Thor’s Day

Norse God of Thunder

Question 5

Friday

Answer 5

Latin: Venus (Vendridi)
Germanic: meaning the day of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Fríge. The Norse name for the planet Venus was Friggjarstjarna, ‘Frigg’s star

Question 6

Saturday

Answer 6

Only day to Retain Latin Origins

named after the Roman god Saturn associated with the Titan Cronus, father of Zeus and many Olympians

Question 7

Sunday

Answer 7

Latin: Sun
Germanic Sun

any other European languages, including all of the Romance languages, have changed its name to the equivalent of “the Lord’s day” (based on Ecclesiastical Latin dies Dominica).