Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Tīwas dag

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *Tīwas (“of Tiw”) + *dagaz (“day”), lit. "day of Tiw", a calque of Latin dīes Martis (“Tuesday; lit. day of Mars”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.wɑs ˈdɑ.ɣɑz/

Noun

*Tīwas dagaz m

1. Tuesday

See also

• Template:list:days of the week/gem-pro

Descendants

• Old English: tiwesdæġ
  • Middle English: Tewesday, Tiwesday, Tisday, Tisdæi, Tywysday, tiwesday, twesday
    • English: Tuesday
    • Scots: Tysday
    • Yola: Tusedei, tuesdei
• Old Frisian: tīesdei
  • North Frisian: teisdai
  • Saterland Frisian: Täisdai
  • West Frisian: tiisdei
• Old Saxon: *tiuwesdag
• Old High German: zīostag
  • Middle High German: zīestac, zīstac
    • Alemannic German: Ziischtig, Zischtig, Zischdi

      Italian Walser: tschischtag, zischtag, zischtog, zischtàg, zéischtag

      Swabian: Zaischdich, Zischtig, Zeischdig

    • German: Ziestag
• Old Norse: týsdagr, *tísdagr — Old East Norse
  • Icelandic: týsdagur (archaic)
  • Faroese: týsdagur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tysdag
  • Old Swedish: tīsdagher
    • Swedish: tisdag
  • Old Danish: tisdagh
    • Danish: tirsdag, tisdag
      • Norwegian Bokmål: tirsdag
  • Gutnish: teisdagar, teisdag
  • → Finnish: tiistai