▲ 755 ▼ Uranus day (i.imgur.com) submitted 2 years ago by Kushia@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Moc@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (1 child) Thor’s Day permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deetz@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sun day, Moon Day, Tiw's Day, Woden's Day, Thor's Day, Friga's Day, Saturn's Day In French and other languages these line up pretty with with the planets instead of the old English gods. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I thought it was Odin Thor Freya Saturn Sun Moon and then some really cool dude named Tiw permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago* It's both. In English, it uses Germanic gods for all but Saturday. French uses the Roman names (Latin etymology instead of Germanic). Sunday and Monday exist in both (with different names for Sun and Moon), and Saturday in Germanic languages is usually not related to a deity (it varies by region though). In English we get a nice mix of gods because we have both Germanic and Latin roots. Also, to convert Proto-Germanic to Old West Norse, Woden = Odin, Tor = Thor, Friga = Frigg/Freyja (the names got mixed up in etymology, they might be the same goddess), and Tiw/Tiwar = Tyr. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deetz@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sun day, Moon Day, Tiw's Day, Woden's Day, Thor's Day, Friga's Day, Saturn's Day In French and other languages these line up pretty with with the planets instead of the old English gods. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I thought it was Odin Thor Freya Saturn Sun Moon and then some really cool dude named Tiw permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago* It's both. In English, it uses Germanic gods for all but Saturday. French uses the Roman names (Latin etymology instead of Germanic). Sunday and Monday exist in both (with different names for Sun and Moon), and Saturday in Germanic languages is usually not related to a deity (it varies by region though). In English we get a nice mix of gods because we have both Germanic and Latin roots. Also, to convert Proto-Germanic to Old West Norse, Woden = Odin, Tor = Thor, Friga = Frigg/Freyja (the names got mixed up in etymology, they might be the same goddess), and Tiw/Tiwar = Tyr. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I thought it was Odin Thor Freya Saturn Sun Moon and then some really cool dude named Tiw permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago* It's both. In English, it uses Germanic gods for all but Saturday. French uses the Roman names (Latin etymology instead of Germanic). Sunday and Monday exist in both (with different names for Sun and Moon), and Saturday in Germanic languages is usually not related to a deity (it varies by region though). In English we get a nice mix of gods because we have both Germanic and Latin roots. Also, to convert Proto-Germanic to Old West Norse, Woden = Odin, Tor = Thor, Friga = Frigg/Freyja (the names got mixed up in etymology, they might be the same goddess), and Tiw/Tiwar = Tyr. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago* It's both. In English, it uses Germanic gods for all but Saturday. French uses the Roman names (Latin etymology instead of Germanic). Sunday and Monday exist in both (with different names for Sun and Moon), and Saturday in Germanic languages is usually not related to a deity (it varies by region though). In English we get a nice mix of gods because we have both Germanic and Latin roots. Also, to convert Proto-Germanic to Old West Norse, Woden = Odin, Tor = Thor, Friga = Frigg/Freyja (the names got mixed up in etymology, they might be the same goddess), and Tiw/Tiwar = Tyr. permalink fedilink source parent
