laugardagr

Old Norse

Etymology

From late Proto-Germanic *laugōz dagaz, equivalent of laug (“pool”) +‎ dagr (“day”), literally "bathing day". Cognate to English lye.

Noun

laugardagr m

1. Saturday

Descendants

• Old Danish: løghærdagh
  • Danish: lørdag
• Faroese: leygardagur
• Icelandic: laugardagur
• Norwegian:
  • Bokmål: lørdag
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: laurdag
• Old Swedish: løghardagher
  • Swedish: lördag
• Finnish: lauantai (borrowed)
• Estonian: laupäev (borrowed)

References

• “laugardagr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press