zaterdag

Concepts

Saturday

sat

sabbath

Sabbath-day

saturday

Sabba-day

Translations

samedi

Samstag

sábado

sabato

sábado

Sonnabend

dissabte

Σάββατο

dies Saturni

السبت

cumartesi

Sabbat

dissabte

Cumartesi

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈzaːtərˌdɑx/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: saterdach

Inherited from Old Dutch:

Cognate with Low German: Saterdag

Cognate with Western Frisian: saterdei

Cognate with English: Saturday

In summary

From Middle Dutch saterdach, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag, calque of Latin dies Saturni. Compare Low German Saterdag, West Frisian saterdei, English Saturday.
Saturn or Saturnus is the sixth planet of the solar system, and it was the name of the Roman god of fertility and agriculture.