Wotanstag

Concepts

Wednesday

Synonyms

Mittwoch

Translations

اَلْأَرْبَعَاء

يَوْم اَلْأَرْبَعَاء

dimecres

Τετάρτη

mercredi

mercoledì

چوارشهم

چوارشهمه

dies Mercurii

diēs Mercuriī

woensdag

dimècres

quarta-feira

miércoles

Etymology

Cognate with English: Wednesday

In summary

From Wotan (“Odin”) + -s- + Tag (“day”), a learned calque of Middle Low German wôdenesdach and other descendants of Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag. Doublet of earlier Wodenstag, which is directly from Middle Low German. Compare English Wednesday.