Wednesday
English
/ˈwɛnzdeɪ/, /ˈwɛnzdeɪ/, /ˈwenzdæe/, /ˈwɛ(ʔə)nzde/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Wednesday inherited from Old English wōdnesdæġ (Wednesday) inherited from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanas dagaz (day of Woden, later, Odin, day of Wodan) derived from Latin diēs Mercuriī (day of Mercury) root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (burn, be illuminated, hot, warm).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰegʷʰ-
Gloss
burn, be illuminated, hot, warm
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
暑, 熱
Emoji
🔥
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Wednesdayite English
- dawn English
- tephra English
- tephrite English
- dies Lunae Latin
- dies Mercurii Latin
- diēs Lūnae Latin
- diēs Mercuriī Latin
- diēs Saturnī Latin
- diēs Sōlis Latin
- diēs Veneris Latin
- ephemeris Latin
- febris Latin
- fomes Latin
- fōmentum Latin
- fōmentātiō Latin
- fōmes Latin
- -s- German
- Tag German
- Wodenstag German
- Wotan German
- Wotanstag German
- Aswoensdag Dutch, Flemish
- woensdag Dutch, Flemish
- woensdagmorgen Dutch, Flemish
- woensdagochtend Dutch, Flemish
- woensdags Dutch, Flemish
- woensdagsmorgens Dutch, Flemish
- woensdagsochtends Dutch, Flemish
- miércoles Spanish, Castilian
- θεπτάνων Ancient Greek
- τέφρα Ancient Greek
- ἡμέρα Ancient Greek
- ἡμερινός Ancient Greek
- ἡμεροκαλλές Ancient Greek
- *dʰegʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰogʷʰ-o-s Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰogʷʰ-éye- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰégʷʰ-e-ti, *dʰegʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰégʷʰeti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eh₃mr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- onsdag Norwegian Bokmål
- *Wōdanas dagaz Proto-Germanic
- *dagaz Proto-Germanic
- *Þunras dagaz Proto-Germanic
- onsdag Swedish
- *wēdnesdæġ Old English
- wodnesdæg Old English
- wōdnesdæġ Old English
- दहति Sanskrit
- Aschewednysday Middle English
- Wednesday Middle English
- Wodnesdei Middle English
- óðinsdagr Old Norse
- onsdag Danish
- dimecres Catalan, Valencian
- woensdach Middle Dutch
- wōtanstag Old High German
- Woensdag Afrikaans
- *wuodenesdag Old Dutch
- *Dago-deiwos Proto-Celtic
- *degʷi- Proto-Celtic
- wōdanesdag Old Saxon
- dimècres Occitan
- oþinsdagher Old Swedish
- Wadensday Scots
- woansdei Western Frisian
- Wōnje Marshallese
- *wōdensdei Old Frisian
- *degut(j)as Proto-Balto-Slavic
- othænsdagh Old Danish
- dagis Old Prussian