frjádagr

Old Norse

Etymology

From late Proto-Germanic *Frijjōz dagaz (“day of Frigg”) (itself a calque of Latin dies Veneris), possibly through the intermediate of a West Germanic language, or as a contraction of an earlier *friggjardagr, the expected result in Old Norse.

Noun

frjádagr m

1. Friday

Descendants

• Danish: fredag
• Faroese: fríggjadagur
• Norwegian: fredag (Bokmål), fredag (Nynorsk)
• Swedish: fredag