Question:
How a day get their name?
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
monday - It gets its name from the Moon.
tuesday - The name comes from Middle English Twisday, from Old English Tiwes d㦧, named after the Nordic god Tyr, who was the equivalent of the Roman war god Mars.
wednesday - The name comes from the Middle English Wednes dei, which is from Old English Wodnes d㦧, meaning the day of the Germanic god Woden (Wodan) who was a god of the Anglo-Saxons in England until about the 7th century.
thursday - name comes from the Old English 㞵nresd㦧 (with loss of -n-, first in northern dialects, from influence of Old Norse 㞯rsdagr), meaning "Day of Thunor", this being a rough Germanic equivalent to the Latin Iovis Dies, "Jupiter's Day"
friday - The name Friday comes from the Old English friged㦧, meaning the day of Frige the Anglo-Saxon form of Frigg, the Germanic goddess of beauty.
saturday - It retains its Roman origin in English which is of the Roman god of agriculture Saturn. It has been called dies Saturni ("Saturn's Day"), through which form it entered into Old English as S㦴ernesd㦧 and gradually evolved into the word "Saturday"
sunday - The name "Sunday" (Day of the Sun) apparently originated in pre-Christian Egyptian culture.