What was Wednesday named after?

Answer 1

Wednesday is named originally after Mercury: god of commerce or merchandise (Latin: merx), who was considered swift in traveling from place to place.

The English name comes from Wednes dei, which is day of Woden. Middle English for this god is Wooden from the early Anglo-Saxons to about the 7th century, a similar god to Mercury. In Spanish, the name for Wednesday is Meircoles, in the Roman heritage of Mercury.

In Norse this name was Óðinn, or Odin in Modern Scandinavian, Germanic was Wodanaz, Wotan in modern German. He was known as Allfather Wotan, or father of all, ultimately to become Father Winter or Father Christmas in England.

Answer 2

The mid-day of the week is named for the Norse God, Odin. He was also known as Woden or Wotan. Unlike many of the other days of the week, this day did not correspond roughly with the Roman designation for the day. (The Roman's named Wednesday for the messenger God - Mercury - In Romanian, the day is still known as miercuri). The early Scandanavians and Germans believed that Odin was the chief God of Asgard and as such deserved to have a day of the week named for him. The Anglo-Saxons used the word, Wodnesdaeg.

Answer Other days of the week are also of Saxon/Norse origin: Tuesday, Friday and Thursday (for Tir, Freyaand Thor respectively, all Norse gods/goddesses although like Wodnes (or Widnes) the names change slightly in the transition from Old Norse to Anglo-Saxon).

Answer 3

Woden, Saxon name for Norse God Odin (Woden's Day).

Answer 4

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