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mercuryhope | 17:22 Fri 12th Nov 2004 | History
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where does the name tuesday come from?

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Tuesday: Devoted to Tiw, the god of war

17:32 Fri 12th Nov 2004
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To pre-empt the other 6 questions:

 

http://www.pantheon.org/miscellaneous/origin_days.html

 

08:22 Sat 13th Nov 2004
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My turn! my turn!

day does not come from dies, latin for day!

my exciting etymological dictionarysays:

dhegh - to burn, sanskrit 'dah' to burn, 'ni-dagha' hot season,

day is the hot bright time as opposed to night -in no way related to latin dies day..

wow

00:32 Sun 14th Nov 2004
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Thankyou for your answers!

It's only Monday and I feel slightly more knowledgeable than I did on Sunday.

10:53 Mon 15th Nov 2004
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Friday = Beer! Maybe beer in latin should have been used to name a day of the week.....??? Just a thought!! :-)

14:51 Wed 17th Nov 2004

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