laugardagr
Old Norse
Etymology
From late Proto-Germanic *laugōz dagaz, equivalent of laug (“pool”) + dagr (“day”), literally "bathing day". Cognate to English lye.
Descendants
- Old Danish: løghærdagh
- Danish: lørdag
- Faroese: leygardagur
- Icelandic: laugardagur
- Norwegian:
- Old Swedish: løghardagher
- Swedish: lördag
- Finnish: lauantai (borrowed)
- Estonian: laupäev (borrowed)
References
- laugardagr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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