SUBJECT:     Days

QUESTION:  What is the origin of the names of days?

ANSWER:

Found some sites on the Internet that talk about origins of days:

http://www.crowl.org/lawrence/time/days.html The Seven-Day Week and the Meaning of the Names of the Days

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven-day_week Origin of the Seven Days of the Week

http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/week.html Our Seven-Day Week

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Week-day_names  Week-day names

http://www.friesian.com/week.htm The Days of the Week

http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/roman/daysweek.htm Names of the Days of the Week.
 

Saturday: This day is named after the Norse god Saturn.

Sunday: Germanic, day of the sun.

Monday: Germanic, day of the moon.

Tuesday: Tiu or Tiw from Tyr the Norse god of war.

Wednesday: from Odin or Woden the Norse god.

Thursday: from the Norse god Thor.

Friday: from Frigg the Norse goddess of love.  Venus.

Source: American Heritage Dictionary and gleanings of the above sources.