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I thought the 7 days of the week were named after gods or the sun/moon but apparently Saturday is not named after Saturn it is in effect nordi or Germanic for washingday.anyone heard of this?.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=Saturday&searchmode=none

apparently in Norse and Maori it means washing day(not clothing but the day you washed)

Originally posted by redbarons
apparently in Norse and Maori it means washing day(not clothing but the day you washed)

Why would the Norse use the name of a Roman God?

Originally posted by huckleberryhound
Why would the Norse use the name of a Roman God?

rahoroi maori rordag norse

Originally posted by redbarons
rahoroi maori rordag norse

Unscramble these letters to win a prize.

rahoroi maori rordag norse

Originally posted by cashthetrash
Unscramble these letters to win a prize.

rahoroi maori rordag norse

toldya my granddads aunty will be there for the fight

Wait until you find out where the names of the months come from.

Originally posted by Ponderable
Wait until you find out where the names of the months come from.

A calendar right?

Originally posted by redbarons
apparently in Norse and Maori it means washing day(not clothing but the day you washed)

That is natural, you work the whole week, update house chores on Saturdays and Sundays lazy crazy. 🙂

Originally posted by Tabitha Marshall
That is natural, you work the whole week, update house chores on Saturdays and Sundays lazy crazy. 🙂

many thanks for an old post many moons have past/and u keep kicking my bum.

shove it where the sun as never shined dimwad

Originally posted by redbarons
I thought the 7 days of the week were named after gods or the sun/moon but apparently Saturday is not named after Saturn it is in effect nordi or Germanic for washingday.anyone heard of this?.

correct
from old Nordic word "Laugrrrdagrrr" it was reduced to Lørdag-