Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Wōdanas 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 a hypothetical Proto-Germanic phrase meaning "Day of *Wōdanaz, a calque of Latin dīes Mercuriī (“Wednesday; lit. day of Mercury”).

Modern English Wednesday may not continue the Old English wodnesdæg but rather the Old Frisian wednesdei, early Middle English Wednesdei. This umlauted (i-mutated) form does not continue *Wōdanas dagaz but rather *Wōdinas dagaz, indicating a variation in the theonym in early West Germanic, *Wōdanaz vs. *Wōdinaz, of which the latter is also continued in Scandinavian Odin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɔː.ðɑ.nɑs ˈdɑ.ɣɑz/

Noun

*Wōdanas dagaz m

1. Wednesday

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *Wōdanas dag (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*Wōdanas dag	*Wōdanas daiz
vocative	*Wōdanas da	*Wōdanas daiz
accusative	*Wōdanas daų	*Wōdanas daunz
genitive	*Wōdanas daiz	*Wōdanas daǫ̂
dative	*Wōdanas dai	*Wōdanas daumaz
instrumental	*Wōdanas daē	*Wōdanas daumiz

See also

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

Descendants

• Old English: wōdnesdæġ, *wēdnesdæġ
  • Middle English: Wednesday, Wednesdei, Wodnesdai, Wedonesday, wednesday
    • English: Wednesday
      • → Maori: Wenerei
    • Scots: Wadensday
    • Yola: Wennesdei
• Old Frisian: *wōdensdei
  • North Frisian: weedensdai, weensdi
  • West Frisian: woansdei
• Old Saxon: *wōdanesdag
  • Middle Low German: wōdensdach, gūdenesdach, gūdensdach, gunsdach, gudesdach, gūdenesdach, gūdenstach, gūnstach, kudensdach, wodenesdach, wodensdach, woensdach, wōnesdach, wōnsdach, wūnsdach
    • Low German: Goonsdag, Godenstag, Gonstag, Gaunstag, Gunstag
      • Dutch Low Saxon: woensdag, woonsdag, wonsdag
      • German Low German: Woonsdag
    • → German: Wodenstag (archaic), Wotanstag (learned calque)
• Old Dutch: *wuodansdag
  • Middle Dutch: woedensdag
    • Dutch: woensdag
      • Afrikaans: Woensdag
      • Jersey Dutch: Wônsdix
      • Negerhollands: wuensdag, woensdag
      • → Lokono: wunsdakha, onsdakha
      • → Mohegan-Pequot: wonsartar
    • West Flemish: woensdag, oensdag
    • Limburgish: goonsdag, wuensdag
• Old High German: wōtanstag
  • Middle High German: *wotenstag
    • Central Franconian:

      Kölsch: Wuunßdaach

    • German: Wodenstag (archaic)
  • → German: Wotanstag
• Old Norse: óðinsdagr
  • Icelandic: óðinsdagur
  • Faroese: ónsdagur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: onsdag
  • Old Swedish: ōþinsdagher
    • Swedish: onsdag
  • Old Danish: othænsdagh
    • Danish: onsdag
      • Norwegian Bokmål: onsdag
  • Gutnish: onsdag, onsdagar