Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Frijjōz dagaz
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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *Frijjōz + *dagaz "Day of Frigg", a calque of Latin dīes Veneris (“Friday; lit. day of Venus”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸrij.jɔːz ˈdɑ.ɣɑz/
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *Frijjōz dagaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *Frijjōz dagaz | *Frijjōz dagōz, *Frijjōz dagōs | |
| vocative | *Frijjōz dag | *Frijjōz dagōz, *Frijjōz dagōs | |
| accusative | *Frijjōz dagą | *Frijjōz daganz | |
| genitive | *Frijjōz dagas, *Frijjōz dagis | *Frijjōz dagǫ̂ | |
| dative | *Frijjōz dagai | *Frijjōz dagamaz | |
| instrumental | *Frijjōz dagō | *Frijjōz dagamiz | |
See also
- (days of the week) *wikōniz dagōz; *sunnōniz dagaz, *mēniniz dagaz, *Tīwas dagaz, *Wōdanas dagaz, *Þunras dagaz, *Frijjōz dagaz, *laugōz dagaz (Category: gem-pro:Days of the week)
Descendants
- Old English: frīġedæġ
- Old Frisian: frīadei, frīendei, frēdei, frēdī, frīgendei
- Old Saxon: *frīadag
- Middle Low German: [Term?]
- → Old Norse: *fríadagr > frjádagr1
- Old Dutch: *frīadag
- Old High German: frīatag, frījetag
- Middle High German: vrītac
- Old Norse: frjádagr1
1The origin of frjádagr is unclear, but a loan from West Germanic is considered most likely, in which case Old Saxon could be the West Germanic language that gave the Old Norse form, as Old Saxon was in contact with Old Norse in the south of Denmark. A contraction of reconstructed direct descendant *friggjardagr or *freyjudagr (the latter of which would be derived from Norse god Freyja instead of Frigg), suggested by some, is phonetically implausible. The Faroese form fríggjadagur is the result of skerping, the hardening of close vowels into palatal plosives/affricates before another vowel, which is a regular development in Faroese. The vowel -í- ([ʊi]) in fríggjadagur as opposed to -i- ([ɪ]) likewise shows that it cannot derive from *friggjardagur.