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From: "Paul J. Kriha" <kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz>
Subject: Re: 1  sci.astro   mintaka@alnilam.toppoint.
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HCANNON@macalstr.edu wrote:
>
> In article <3h0igg$9f@netlanta.com> jeanne@netlanta.com (Jeanne Colin) writes:
> >From: jeanne@netlanta.com (Jeanne Colin)
> >Subject: Re: 1  sci.astro   mintaka@alnilam.toppoint.
> >Date: Sun, 5 Feb 1995 05:45:30 GMT
> 
> >Kevin D. Conod (kdconod@delphi.com) wrote:
> >: >I can follow your arguments about planets (including moon and sun).
> >: >But what makes you think that the weekdays got their names from the   
> >: >planets ?? I believe their names came from the gods (like the planets got
> 
> >: Not to put words into Paul's mouth, but he's right.  If the days were named
> >: for gods, how do you account for the number of days?  There were dozens of
> >: importants gods - why only seven days?  There were seven important "heavenly
> >: bodies."  I think it's widely recognized that the days were named after the
> >: planets, Sun and Moon.   
> 
> >there are many different names for the weekdays, depending on your culture.
> 
> >english         german          french          spanish         meanind
> 
> >monday          montag          lundi           lunes           moonday
> >tuesday         dienstag        mardi           martes          marsday
> >wednesday       mittwoch        mercredi        miercoles       mercuryday
> >thursday        donnerstag      jeudi           jueves          jupiterday
> >friday          freitag         vendredi        viernes         venusday
> >saturday        samstag         samedi          sabado          saturnday
> >sunday          sonntag         dimanche        domingo         sunday
> 
> >these were named for gods and came from the same source. the english took 
> >the names of the norse gods, thus wodenday for wednesday, and thorday for 
> >thursday. mittwoch in german is midweek, and frig is a female god 
> >equivalent to venus. simple so far. but there are some other weekday 
> >naming conventions you should look at:
> 
> >ojibwa          hawaiian        esperanto
> >(translated)    (no clue)       (really)
> 
> >new day         poakahi         lundo
> >second day      poalua          mardo
> >half day        poakolu         merkredo
> >fourth day      poaha           jaudo
> >flour day       poalima         vendredo
> >ration day      poaono          sabato
> >prayer day      lapule          dimanco
> 
> >if there are any native speakers out there who can supply me with some 
> >other culture's naming conventions and where they derived from, i know of 
> >a very interesting calendar/day-book publisher who would appreciate the 
> >information.
> 

The Czech week starts with Monday:

ponde^li'   - 'after-sunday'
u'tery'     - this used to look enigmatic to me, there is
              no obvious relationship to anything in modern
              Czech. Hewever, recently I was reminded of the
              Old Slavic 'vtory'=second, still used in Russian.
str^eda     - 'middle-day'
c^tvrtek    - 'fourth-day'
pa'tek      - 'fifth-day'
sobota      - obvious, the only survivor of the pre-Christian era
nede^le     - 'nothing-doing-day' :-)

Paul JK
