Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Tīwas 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 GermanicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From *Tīwas (“Tiw's”) +‎ *dag (“day”), calque of Latin diēs Mārtis (“Tuesday”, literally “day of Mars”).

NounEdit

*Tīwas dag m

Tuesday

InflectionEdit

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

DescendantsEdit

Old English: tiwesdæġ
- Middle English: Tewesday, Tiwesday, Tisday, Tisdæi, Tywysday, twesday
  - English: Tuesday
  - Scots: Tysday
  - Yola: tusedei, tuesdei
Old Frisian: tīesdei
- North Frisian: teisdai
- Saterland Frisian: Täisdai
- West Frisian: tiisdei
Old Saxon: *tiuwesdag
Old High German: ziestag, ciesdac
- Middle High German: zīestac, zīstac
  - Alemannic German: Ziischtig, Zischtig, Zischdi
    Italian Walser: tschischtag, zischtag, zischtog, zischtàg, zéischtag
    Swabian: Zaischdich, Zischtig, Zeischdig
  - German: Ziestag
→ Old Norse: týsdagr, *tísdagr (calque)
- Icelandic: týsdagur (archaic)
- Faroese: týsdagur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tysdag
- Old Swedish: tisdagher
  - Swedish: tisdag
- Old Danish: tisdagh
  - Danish: tirsdag, tisdag
    - Norwegian Bokmål: tirsdag
- Gutnish: teisdagar, teisdag
- → Finnish: tiistai