þursdæg

Old English

Etymology

Possibly from a contraction of þunresdæġ (“Thursday”, literally “Thunor's day”), but more likely from Old Norse þōrsdagr or Old Danish þūrsdag (“Thursday”) (compare modern Danish torsdag); all from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”), a calque of Latin dies Iovis, equivalent to Þunres (“genitive of the god's name Þunor”) +‎ dæġ (“day”). More at thunder, day.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθursˌdæj/, [ˈθurˠzˌdæj]

Noun

þursdæġ m

1. Thursday

Descendants

• Middle English: Thursday
  • English: Thursday
  • Scots: Fuirsday