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Hello YouTube. It is Niina here you are watching Fairychamber Channel
Today we research the etymology of Finnish words of days of the week
Majority of these words have derived from germanic languages
Mostly derived from Swedish language
Some words are derived from Sami language
Maanantai = Monday
"Maanantai" is derived from Swedish.
Old Swedish word for Monday is "Manadagher"
In modern Swedish Monday is "Måndag"
Monday in English
Montag in German
These germanic words are direct translations from Latin
In Latin Monday is "dies Lunae"
Day of the Moon
Tiistai (Tuesday) is also derived from Germanic languages
Derived to Finnish from Swedish word "Tisdag"
In Latin Tuesday is "die Martis" Day of Mars
Who is Mars? Roman god of war or course!
Tyr is Germanic god of the war and Germanic words for Tuesday are named after him
Germanic words are directly translated from Latin
Tisdag in Swedish
Tuesday in English
Dienstag in German
Keskiviikko (wednesday) has Uralian origins
Derived from Sami word "Gaskavahkku" meaning Wednesday
Some people say that "Keskiviikko" derives from German word "Mittwoch" (Wednesday in German)
Mittel = in the middle
die Woche = week
This however not the case because German is Germanic language and Finnish is Uralian language
Mittwoch is quite new word in German language
Old German word for Wednesday was "Wodanstag"
Re-fearing to the day of Odin
In Swedish Wednesday is Onstag
Wednesday in English
Wodanstag in old German
All these Germanic word refer to the god Odin
In Latin Wednesday is "dies Mercuri"
Day of the god Mercury
Finnish word "Keskiviikko" derivers from Sami word "Gaskavahkku"
Gaska = in the middle
Vahkku = week
Finnish word "Torstai" (Thursday) also derived from Germanic languages
From Swedish and Norwegian words "Torstag"
"Donnerstag" in German
Thursday in English
"dies Iovis" in Latin
To honor the god Iovis
Donner means thunder in German
And of course Thor is Germanic god of Thunder
Perjantai (Friday) has derived to Finnish from Sami language
From the word "Bearjadat" which is Sami for Friday
Finnish word doesn't have much in common either with Germanic or Latin words
Friday in English
Fredag in Swedish
Freitag in German
Germanic words are derived from Goddess Freyia and goddess ***
Friday is day of Freyia
In Lating Friday is "dies Veneris"
Germanic words are direct translations from Latin
"dies Veneris" refers to "day of Venus"
Both goddesses are very much alike
"Lauantai" (Saturday) is also derived from Germanic languages
Arrived to Finnish language from Sweden
In old Norse Saturday was "Loghardager"
Loghar refers for bathing and washin in Old Norse
In Finland Lauantai is traditionally the sauna day
Lördag in Swedish and Danish
In modern Norse "Lordag"
English and Germand words for Saturday are not Germanic but they are derived from Latin
In Latin Satuday is "dies Saturni"
Day of the god Saturn
Saturday in English
Samstag in German
Finnish word "Sunnuntai" (Sunday) is derived from Germanic languages
Germanic words are translated from Latin
In Latin Sunday is "dies Solis"
Day of the Sun
Söndag in Swedish
Sonntag in German
Sunday in English
I hope you enjoyed this little language bath
I'll see you later bye bye