Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Tīwas dag
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *Tīwas (“Tiw's”) + *dag (“day”), calque of Latin diēs Mārtis (“Tuesday”, literally “day of Mars”).
Noun
*Tīwas dag m
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *Tīwas dag | |
| Genitive | *Tīwas dagas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *Tīwas dag | *Tīwas dagō, *Tīwas dagōs |
| Accusative | *Tīwas dag | *Tīwas dagā |
| Genitive | *Tīwas dagas | *Tīwas dagō |
| Dative | *Tīwas dagē | *Tīwas dagum |
| Instrumental | *Tīwas dagu | *Tīwas dagum |
Descendants
- Old English: tiwesdæġ
- Old Frisian: tīesdei
- Old Saxon: *tiuwesdag
- Old High German: ziestag, ciesdac
- → Old Norse: týsdagr, *tísdagr — Old East Norse (calque)
See also
| Days of the week in Proto-West Germanic · *wikōn dagō (layout · text) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Mānini dag | *Tīwas dag | *Wōdanas dag | *Þunras dag | *Frījā dag | *Sāturnas dag | *Sunnōn dag |