Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Þunras dag

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *Þunras (“Thor's”) +‎ *dag (“day”), calque of Latin diēs Iovis (“Thursday”, literally “day of Jupiter”).

Noun

*Þunras dag m

1. Thursday

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*Þunras dag
Genitive	*Þunras dagas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*Þunras dag	*Þunras dagō, *Þunras dagōs
Accusative	*Þunras dag	*Þunras dagā
Genitive	*Þunras dagas	*Þunras dagō
Dative	*Þunras dagē	*Þunras dagum
Instrumental	*Þunras dagu	*Þunras dagum

Descendants

• Old English: þunresdæġ, þurresdæġ, þursdæġ
  • Middle English: Thursday
    • English: Thursday
    • Scots: Fuirsday, Försday
    • Yola: Thorsdei
• Old Frisian: thunresdei, thunresdī
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr: tüürsdai

  • Saterland Frisian: Tuunsdai
  • West Frisian: tongersdei
• Old Saxon: *thunaresdag
  • Middle Low German: *donersdach
    • Plautdietsch: Donnadach
    • Low German: Donnerdagg, Dunnersdag
• Old Dutch: *thonarsdag
  • Middle Dutch: donresdach, donredach
    • Dutch: donderdag
• Old High German: donarstag
  • Middle High German: donerstac
    • German: Donnerstag
      • → Pennsylvania German: Dunnerschdaag
    • Luxembourgish: Donneschdeg
    • Vilamovian: dunyśtaog
• → Old Norse: þórsdagr (calque)
  • Icelandic: þórsdagur
  • Faroese: tórsdagur, hósdagur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: torsdag, tosdag
  • Old Swedish: þōrsdagher
    • Swedish: torsdag
  • Old Danish: thorsdagh
    • Danish: torsdag
      • Norwegian Bokmål: torsdag
  • Gutnish: torste, torstda, torsdagar
  • → Finnish: torstai

See also

Days of the week in Proto-West Germanic · *wikōn dagō (layout · text)
*Sunnōn dag	*Mānini dag	*Tīwas dag	*Wōdanas dag	*Þunras dag	*Frījā dag	*Sāturnas dag