Re: The Days Of The Week In Latin

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From: Peter Christian
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 00:20

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In-Reply-To: <1ibjtkINN3bb@bHARs12c.bnr.co.uk> sizex@bnr.co.uk (Eric Barber)

> 6 Teutonic gods and 1 Roman god.

Another non-Germanic God who turns up in German is Ares who is
represented in German dialect words for Tuesday: ergetag, erchtag,
ertag & erntag according to Kluge's etymological dictionary. (Never
heard these myself - anyone know if people actually use them?) Kluge
says it's a south-eastern (i.e. Bavarian) word & reflects East
Germanic influence. Since Ares is a Greek God rather than a Roman one
that makes sense. I wonder what the other Gothic day names are. I
can't remember coming across any reference to them.

Peter

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Peter Christian                         
  Dept of European Languages              peter@gold.ac.uk
  Goldsmiths' College, London.            petex@cix.compulink.co.uk
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