[tied] Re: Dating Wednesday?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:

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> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 12:25 PM
> Subject: [tied] Re: Dating Wednesday?
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> > How about the Finnish days of the week: sunnuntai, manantai,

tiistai, keskiviikko, torstai, perjantai, lauantai. A mixed bunch.

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> Not so mixed. <keskiviikko> is a calque of Mittwoch (German

influence); all the rest are of (Old) Swedish origin.

>
> Piotr

I don't understand when that High German influence should have
occurred. At no time has Finnish been under High German influence
that wasn't mediated through Swedish. Swedish does not have any 'mid-
week'. And are saying /perjantai/ is the Finnish rendition of
Swedish /fre:dag/? Any other examples of Finnish p- for loaned f- ?

Torsten