Whats the history behind the different names of the days of the week?
“Planet English German French Remarks Sun Sunday Sonntag Dimanche Day of the Sun. The only anomaly here is the French name for the day which derives from the New Testament reference of the day as “Lord’s Day” Moon Monday Montag Lundi Day of the moon. The French name simply uses the latin root for moon, lunae. Mars Tuesday Dienstag Mardi Day of Mars, but because the Romans venerated Mars as the god of war, it is the day of the war god. Tuesday comes from the Norse war god, Tiu or Tyr. The German name means “assembly day.” Mercury Wednesday Mittwoch Mercredi Day of Mercury. This one makes the least sense. The Anglo-Saxon’s decided to venerate Odin or “Woden” on this day and the roles of Mercury and Odin in their pantheons are completely unrelated. Mittwoch was created to replace the pagan reference to Odin and means “middle of the week” Jupiter Thursday Donnerstag Jeudi Day of Jupiter or Jove, Roman god of thunder and rain. The English name comes from the Anglo-Saxon replacement of Jupit
