Monday is a hard day

Let's talk a little about the days of the week? Because... why not.

The seven-day week appeared in Orov relatively long ago, but not by itself. It was borrowed from the Daids, passed on to the Hellenes and the Romans, and then spread in all directions and has been doing quite well ever since. But the names of these very days differ somewhat from nation to nation.

  1. Derived from numerals. These are:
    - we are with you, comrades (we will tactfully skip Saturday and Sunday);
    — piles: pirmadienis, anthradiones, …;
    - the Greeks. They, however, have a "second day" (Δευτέρα) - this is our Monday, Sunday is called Correspondence (Lord's Day), Friday - Paraskeui - "preparation (for Saturday)", but these are also trifles;
    — and a few more of our close neighbors.

That's all, by and large.

  1. From the names of deities
    — novels and all their descendants. For example, the Hessian lundi comes from Romance Moonlight "Moon Day" mardi — from Martis died "Mars Day" and so on.
    - betas - they simply stole everything from the novels and sporadically replaced some days with their own new formations;
    — Germans. They did the smartest thing — they took Roman names and replaced Roman gods with their own. Very convenient. If they had a seven-day week before (which is doubtful), then they probably also simply numbered everything with numerals, like the Svaites.
  2. What a wild thing
    There are several examples that can be given here, but I will only talk about the Ausks.
    - Monday - astelehena "first of the week". Good;
    - Tuesday - asthetica "in the middle of the week". That's weird;
    — Wednesday — asteazkena "end of the week". Questions begin to arise;
    - Thursday - osteguna "Orci (local heavenly deity) day";
    - Friday - ostirala - something also connected with this Orci;
    - Saturday - larunbata "fourth". At this point I just cast off;
    - Sunday - igandea. And here there is no clear etymology at all.

Now I understand that I wanted to tell not only about the seven-day week, but also about other versions, but... there is already too much text! So until next time =D

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