laugardagr

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Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From late Proto-Germanic *laugōz dagaz, equivalent of laug ‎(“pool”) +‎ dagr ‎(“day”), literally "bathing day". Cognate to English lye.

NounEdit

laugardagr m

1. Saturday

DescendantsEdit

• Old Danish: løghærdagh
  • Danish: lørdag
• Faroese: leygardagur
• Icelandic: laugardagur
• Norwegian:
  • Bokmål: lørdag
  • Nynorsk: laurdag
• Old Swedish: løghardagher
  • Swedish: lördag
• Finnish: lauantai (borrowed)
• Estonian: laupäev (borrowed)

ReferencesEdit

• laugardagr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press