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From Middle English Wednesday, Wednesdai, from unattested Old English *wēdnesdæġ (Wednesday), synchronically an i-mutated form of attested wōdnesdæġ (itself from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag, its reflex Middle English Wodnesdei falling into disuse), from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdinas dag also attested in Old Frisian wednesdei and Middle Dutch wenesdach. In any case, a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Mercuriī (day of Mercury) and Koine Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēméra, day) Ἑρμοῦ (Hermoû, of Hermes), via an association of the god Odin (Woden) with Mercury and Hermes.

Cognate with West Frisian woansdei (Wednesday), Afrikaans Woensdag (Wednesday), Dutch woensdag (Wednesday), Limburgish woonsdig (Wednesday), Dutch Low Saxon woonsdag (Wednesday), German Low German Woonsdag (Wednesday), dialectal German Wodenstag (Wednesday), Danish onsdag (Wednesday), Norwegian Bokmål onsdag (Wednesday), Norwegian Nynorsk onsdag (Wednesday), Swedish onsdag (Wednesday).

See also Japanese 水曜日 (Mercury's day).

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Wednesday (plural Wednesdays)

  1. The fourth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the third day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday.

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  • Maori: Wenerei

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Wednesday

  1. (UK, soccer) nickname of Sheffield Wednesday of the Football League.

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Wednesday (not comparable)

  1. (US, Canada, informal in UK) On Wednesday.

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Etymology

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From Old English *wēdnesdæġ, a by-form of wōdnesdæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛ(d)n(ə)zdæi̯/

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Wednesday

  1. Wednesday

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