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Originally Posted by Richard King  I know!
Richard's rule!!!
but other words???
I have considered before that Saturday probably "honors" Saturn. Thursday is probably for Thor. Monday is probably MOON day.
You would be very quiet if you didn't say things with pagan roots'.
So I have to become sort of Humpty Dumpty on the issue, which isn't fair is it?
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.'
-- Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
...but then again, words mean things ARRRGH
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Same in Spanish, except for the two week days Domingo (Sunday) which was changed to Lord's Day ("domingo" from "dominus"-Lord, and Sabado (Saturday) meaning Sabbath.
But Monday is Lunes, from luna=moon. Tuesday is Martes from Mars, god of war, Wednesday is Miercoles from Mercury, Thursday is Jueves from Jove, Friday is Viernes from Venus.
So you get:
Luna=Moon
Mars=Tyr
Mercury=Wodden
Jove=Thor
Venus=Frida
So deep pagan connections going all the way back to proto-Indoeuropean times are still in place in Western Europe and the whole Western Hemisphere now.