Re: The Days Of The Week In Latin

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From: Eric Barber
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 09:20

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In article <8519@charon.cwi.nl> dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter) writes:
>In article <1i9q5iINNk14@bHARs12c.bnr.co.uk> sizex@bnr.co.uk (Eric Barber) writes:
> > In article <1993Jan4.152515.16062@zia.aoc.nrao.edu> gvanmoor@nrao.edu writes:
> > >Whether 'Saterdag' is originally Frisian I do not know. I do know that
> > >'Zaterdag' is THE Dutch word for Saturday.
> > >
> > do you know the derivation of Zaterdag?
> > 
>The same as Saturday.

yes, from Saturn. but I have a friend interested in the names
of the days of the week and he wonders how it is that they
emerged from the Anglo-Saxon-Jute invasions of Romano-Celtic
Britain with 6 Teutonic gods and 1 Roman god. apparently
Saturn would be 1 of about 2 Latin words to have survived
the invasions. (we got a lot of Latin later on to make up for
it though.)

Eric
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