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Archivesan oriental look at the name Wednesday
in reply to a message by mark holder
In japanese the name/word wednesday is "suiyoubi"
The word wednesday is derived from the Old English Wodnes Daeg, which in turn is a translation of the Latin Mercrii dies, or "day of Mercury'. The planet Mercury is associated with the classic elemental water. Mercury is obviously associated with the element mercury.
- http://www.baynet.net/~philip/translate.htm
Basically in Japanese Wednesday means day of Mercury.
If anyone cares to know Monday is "getsuyoubi" meaning "Moon day"
Tuesday, "kayoubi", is derived from Old English tiwesdaeg, day of Tiw, which in turn is derived from the Latin "dies Martis", Mars' Day
Thursday, "mokuyoubi": Old English for "Day of Thor", which is from the Latin "dies Jovis", day of Jove (Jove is another name for Jupiter, king of the gods).
Friday, "kinyoubi" is "gold day" a representation of the planet and goddess Venus
This is all from the website listed above.
If anyone is recognizing this material, it is because it is from Sailor Moon. The inner Senshi's Japanese names are related to their affiliate day and planet.
And I know a Wednesday Morrison.
~SD
The word wednesday is derived from the Old English Wodnes Daeg, which in turn is a translation of the Latin Mercrii dies, or "day of Mercury'. The planet Mercury is associated with the classic elemental water. Mercury is obviously associated with the element mercury.
- http://www.baynet.net/~philip/translate.htm
Basically in Japanese Wednesday means day of Mercury.
If anyone cares to know Monday is "getsuyoubi" meaning "Moon day"
Tuesday, "kayoubi", is derived from Old English tiwesdaeg, day of Tiw, which in turn is derived from the Latin "dies Martis", Mars' Day
Thursday, "mokuyoubi": Old English for "Day of Thor", which is from the Latin "dies Jovis", day of Jove (Jove is another name for Jupiter, king of the gods).
Friday, "kinyoubi" is "gold day" a representation of the planet and goddess Venus
This is all from the website listed above.
If anyone is recognizing this material, it is because it is from Sailor Moon. The inner Senshi's Japanese names are related to their affiliate day and planet.
And I know a Wednesday Morrison.
~SD
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say what?
Yea I know the element Mercury (Hg) gets its name from the roman god "Mercury". And the planet Mercury is named after the roman god. All the planets are named after roman gods (including the theoretically provable, but not yet found 10th planet to be named Vulcan (Hephasteus in Greek mythology))
Now the day Wednesday is related to the god, but the god is related to the planet and element seperatly.
I was just stating they were all related.
So if you really want to push it, you can say Wednesday means "messenger" in roman, or "silver" because of the element. It could mean "water" because of the old belief that the planet was associated with water.
And I think I will swear Mer-cre-di!!!
Thank you Daividh!
~SD
Yea I know the element Mercury (Hg) gets its name from the roman god "Mercury". And the planet Mercury is named after the roman god. All the planets are named after roman gods (including the theoretically provable, but not yet found 10th planet to be named Vulcan (Hephasteus in Greek mythology))
Now the day Wednesday is related to the god, but the god is related to the planet and element seperatly.
I was just stating they were all related.
So if you really want to push it, you can say Wednesday means "messenger" in roman, or "silver" because of the element. It could mean "water" because of the old belief that the planet was associated with water.
And I think I will swear Mer-cre-di!!!
Thank you Daividh!
~SD
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