Re: [TIED] Re: Etymological Riddles (Solution: Part Two)

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From: Marc Verhaegen

To: cybalist@egroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 10:16 PM

Subject: Re: [TIED] Re: Etymological Riddles (Solution: Part Two)

Piotr & others, how do you explain the Dutch/German dinsdag/Dienstag? Has it anything to do with Tuesday?

Old Norse tysdagr, Swedish tisdag and Danish tirsdag are all related to Tuesday, while, surprisingly, High German Dienstag and Low German/Dutch dinstag are not; their original meaning is apparently "assembly day" or "council day" (dingsdag). But there was also Old High German ziostag 'Tiw's day' > Middle HG ziestac, surviving in modern Alsatian Dsischdi.

Piotr