þursdæg

Old English

Etymology

Possibly from a contraction of þunresdæġ (“Thursday”, literally “Thunor's day”), but more likely from Old Norse þōrsdagr or Old Danish þūrsdag (“Thursday”) (compare modern Danish torsdag); all from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”), a calque of Latin dies Iovis, equivalent to Þunres (“genitive of the god's name Þunor”) +‎ dæġ (“day”). More at thunder, day.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθursˌdæj/, [ˈθurˠzˌdæj]

Noun

þursdæġ m

1. Thursday

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	þursdæġ	þursdagas
accusative	þursdæġ	þursdagas
genitive	þursdæġes	þursdaga
dative	þursdæġe	þursdagum

Descendants

• Middle English: Thursday, Thuresday, Thurysday, Þursday, Thoresday
  • English: Thursday
  • Scots: Forsday, Försday
  • Yola: Thorsdei