Names of the days of the week: Difference between revisions

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|'''Wednesday'''
|'''Wednesday'''
|day of Woden
|day of Woden ((also Odin)
(Norse father of the gods)
|Wōdnesdæg  
|Wōdnesdæg  
|dies Mercurii
|dies Mercurii
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(so unrelated to the Roman or Nordic gods)
(so unrelated to the Roman or Nordic gods)
|diēs Sāturnī
|diēs Sāturnī
Saturn = god of wealth & renewal
(related to the Greek Titan, Cronus)
|samedi
|samedi
|sabado
|sabado