Monday
The English noun Monday
derived sometime before 1200 from monedæi
, which itself developed from Old English (around 1000) mōnandæg
and mōndæg
(literally meaning "moon's day"), which is cognate to other Germanic
languages. The Germanic term is a Germanic interpretation of Latin lunae dies
("day of the moon").
周一
来自于月亮。拉丁语也同样，所以法语的周一是lundi。
Tuesday
The name Tuesday
derives from the Old English "Tiwesdæg" and literally means "Tiw's
Day". Tiw is the Old English form of the Proto-Germanic god *Tîwaz, or
Týr in Norse, a god of war and law.
In most languages with Latin origins (French, Spanish, Italian), the day is named after Mars, the Roman god of war.
周二
来自于北欧神话中的战争与法律之神。拉丁语中的周二以罗马战神Mars命名，所以法语的周二是mardi。
Wednesday
The name comes from the Middle English Wednes dei
, which is from Old English Wōdnesdæg
, meaning the day of the English god Woden (Wodan
), a god in Anglo-Saxon England until about the 7th century. Wēdnes dæg
is like the Old Norse Oðinsdagr
("Odin's day"), which is an early translation of the Latin dies Mercurii
("Mercury's day").
周三
来自于盎格鲁萨克逊神Woden，而在北欧神话中则是奥丁，对译于拉丁语中的“Mercury之日”，所以法语中的周三是Mercredi。在一些语言中，周三被称为“中间日”，如德语中的周三是Mittwoch，意为“一周之中”。
Thursday
The contemporary name comes from the Old English Þunresdæg
,
"Thunor's Day". Thunor and Thor are derived from the Proto-Germanic god
Thunaraz, god of thunder. Most Germanic languages name the day after
this god.
In Romance languages, the day is named after the Roman
god, Jupiter who was the god of sky and thunder. In Latin, the day was
known as Iovis Dies
, "Jupiter's Day".
周四
来自于北欧神话中的雷神索尔。在拉丁语中，以天空和雷电之神朱庇特命名周四，所以法语中的周四是jeudi。
Friday
The name Friday
comes from the Old English frīgedæg,
meaning the "day of Frige".
The word for Friday in most Romance languages is derived from Latin dies Veneris
, "day of Venus".
周五
来自于北欧神话中的弗莱雅，奥丁之妻，最重要的女神，被认为有预言能力，但从来不说出她的预言。拉丁语中的周五与罗马神话中的爱与美神维纳斯有关，所以法语中的周五叫做Vendredi。
Saturday
It
was named no later than the second century for the planet Saturn,which
controlled the first hour of that day according to Vettius Valens. The
planet was named for the Roman god of agriculture Saturn (Latin
Saturnus). It has been called dies Saturni
("Saturn's Day"), through which form it entered into Old English as Sæternesdæg
and gradually evolved into the word "Saturday".
Saturday
is the only day of the week in which the English name comes from Roman
mythology. The English names of all of the other days of the week come
from Germanic polytheism.
周六
来自于土星，而土星是因罗马农业神Saturn而命名的，所以法语中的周六叫做Samedi。这是英语的一周中唯一以罗马神命名的日子。
Sunday
The English noun Sunday
derived sometime before 1250 from sunedai
, which itself developed from Old English (before 700) Sunnandæg
(literally meaning "sun's day"),The Germanic term is a Germanic interpretation of Latin dies solis
("day of the sun"), which is a translation of the Greek heméra helíou
.
周日
来自于太阳，拉丁语的周日是从希腊语的“太阳日”翻译过来的。
最后的问题：那么法语里的Dimanche是什么意思？
搜索的时候无意中看到了这一段，很有趣（楼主在搜集各种语言的一周七天怎么说，大家纷纷回复）：
http://www.offspring.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-4640.html
Mota Boy
02-21-2005, 06:51 PM
Chinese is rather boring.
It goes
xing qi yi [one-day]
xing qi er [two-day]
xing qi san [three-day]
xing qi si [four-day]
xing qi wu [five-day]
xing qi liu [six-day]
xing qi ri [sun (heaven)-day]
I assume that "heaven-day" is a holdover of whichever missionairies forced them to adopt the seven-day-a-week calendar.
