Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Frījā 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 *Frījā (“Frigg's”) +‎ *dag (“day”), calque of Latin diēs Veneris (“Friday”, literally “day of Venus”).

Noun

*Frījā dag m

Friday

Inflection

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

Descendants

Old English: frīġedæġ, frigdæg
- Middle English: Friday, ffryday, Freday, fridai, Fryda, fryday, Vriday, vridei; fridæi, Fridæig, friȝdæi (Early Middle English)
  - English: Friday
    - Tok Pisin: Fraide
    - → Maori: Paraire
  - Scots: Friday
  - Yola: Vreedie, Vridei, vreedei
Old Frisian: frīadei, frīendei, frēdei, frēdī, frīgendei
- North Frisian: freidai
- Saterland Frisian: Fräindai
- West Frisian: freed
Old Saxon: *frīadag, *frīgadag
- Middle Low German: vrīdach, vridach, vrigdach, vrigedach, vritdach, frigdach
  - German Low German: Freedag, Friedag
  - Plautdietsch: Friedach
- → Old Norse: frjádagr (< earlier *fríadagr)
  - Icelandic: frjádagur
  - Faroese: fríggjadagur
  - Middle Norwegian: fræigjadagr (akin to friggjardagr)
    - Norwegian: fredag; (dialectal) frei(d)dag, frædag
  - Elfdalian: frjådag
  - Old Swedish: frēadagher, frīadagher
    - Swedish: fredag
  - Danish: fredag
    - Norwegian Bokmål: fredag
  - Gutnish: fredagar, fredag, freda
  - → Estonian: reede
  - → Finnish: perjantai
Old Dutch: *frīadag
- Middle Dutch: vrīdach, vriendach
  - Dutch: vrijdag
    - Afrikaans: Vrydag
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: fridaku
    - Jersey Dutch: Vrāidix
    - Negerhollands: vridag, vriedag
    - → Lokono: fridakha, fredakha
    - → Aukan: feeda
    - → Mohegan-Pequot: beitar
    - → Sranan Tongo: freida
      - → Kari'na: freida
    - → Trió: fredi
Old High German: frīatag, frījetag
- Middle High German: vrītac
  - Alemannic German: Fritig
    - Italian Walser: fritog, frittag, vrittàg, vréitag
    - Swabian: Freidig, Fri'tig, Freidich
  - Bavarian: Freida
    - Carinthian: Freitog
    - Cimbrian: vraitag, braitag, vraita, fraitak
    - Mòcheno: vraita
    - Styrian: Freitog
    - Udinese: vraitach, vraiti
  - Central Franconian:
    - Kölsch: Friedach
  - East Franconian:
    - Main-Franconian: Freidich
  - German: Freitag
  - Luxembourgish: Freideg
  - Rhine Franconian:
    - Palatine German: Freidach
    - Pennsylvania German: Freidaag
  - Vilamovian: fretaog
  - Yiddish: פֿרײַטאָג (fraytog)
→? Livonian: brēḑig