wodnesdæg
Old English
Alternative forms
- *wēdnesdæġ, ƿōdnesdæġ
Etymology
From wōdnes (“gen. of Wōden”) + dæġ (“day”) (corresponding to Proto-Germanic *Wōdanas dagaz), a calque of Latin diēs Mercuriī.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwoːdnezˌdæj/
Noun
wōdnesdæġ m
- Wednesday
Descendants
- Middle English: Wednesday, Wednesdei, Wodnesdai
- English: Wednesday
- → Maori: Wenerei
- Scots: Wadensday
- Yola: Wennesdei
- English: Wednesday