frjádagr

Old Norse

Etymology

From late Proto-Germanic *Frijjōz dagaz (“day of Frigg”) (itself a calque of Latin dies Veneris), possibly through the intermediate of a West Germanic language, or as a contraction of an earlier *friggjardagr, the expected result in Old Norse.

Noun

frjádagr m

Friday

Descendants

Faroese: fríggjadagur
Norwegian: fredag
Old Swedish: frēadagher, frīadagher
- Swedish: fredag
Danish: fredag
Gutnish: fredagar, fredag, freda
Westrobothnian: frejda, fridæ, fröydä, freida
Elfdalian: frjådag
→ Estonian: reede
→ Finnish: perjantai

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