Wednesday

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EtymologyEdit

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), Dutch woensdag (Wednesday), Dutch Low Saxon woonsdag (Wednesday), dialectal German Wodenstag (Wednesday), Danish onsdag (Wednesday), Norwegian Bokmål onsdag (Wednesday), Swedish onsdag (Wednesday).

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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) on Wednesday

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EtymologyEdit

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)zdɛi̯/

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Wednesday

  1. Wednesday

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