Reconstruction:Old Saxon/wodanesdag

This Old Saxon 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.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag (“day of Woden”).

Noun

*Wōdanesdag m

1. Wednesday, Woden's day

Descendants

• Middle Low German: wōdensdach, gūdenesdach, gūdensdach, gunsdach, gudesdach, gūdenesdach, gūdenstach, gūnstach, kudensdach, wodenesdach, wodensdach, woensdach, wōnesdach, wōnsdach, wūnsdach
  • Low German: Goonsdag, Godenstag, Gonstag, Gaunstag, Gunstag
    • Dutch Low Saxon: woensdag, woonsdag, wonsdag
    • German Low German: Woonsdag
  • → German: Wodenstag (archaic), Wotanstag (learned calque)

References

1. Grimm, Jacob, Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1.