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

• Faroese: fríggjadagur
• Norwegian: fredag
• Old Swedish: frēadagher, frīadagher
  • Swedish: fredag
• Danish: fredag
• Gutnish: fredagar, fredag, freda
• Westrobothnian: frejda, fridæ, fröydä, freida
• Elfdalian: frjådag
• → Estonian: reede
• → Finnish: perjantai