frjádagr

Old Norse

Etymology

From late Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag (“day of Frigg”) (itself a calque of Latin dies Veneris), through the intermediate of a West Germanic language, likely Old Saxon *frīadag, as Old Saxon was in contact with Old Norse in the south of Denmark.

Noun

frjádagr m

1. Friday

   Synonyms: freyjudagr, friggjardagr, fræigjadagr

Descendants

• Icelandic: frjádagur
• Faroese: fríggjadagur
• Middle Norwegian: fræigjadagr (akin to friggjardagr)
  • Norwegian: fredag; (dialectal) frei(d)dag, frædag
• Elfdalian: frjådag
• Westrobothnian: frejda, fridæ, fröydä, freida
• Old Swedish: frēadagher, frīadagher
  • Swedish: fredag
• Danish: fredag
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fredag
• Gutnish: fredagar, fredag, freda
• → Estonian: reede
• → Finnish: perjantai

See also

(days of the week) dagar í vikunni; sunnudagr, mánadagr/mánudagr, týsdagr, óðinsdagr, þórsdagr, frjádagr, laugardagr ^{(Category: non:Days of the week)}