þursdæg

== Old English == === Etymology === Possibly from a contraction of þunresdæġ (“Thursday”, literally “Thunor's day”), but more likely from Old Norse þōrsdagr or Old Danish þūrsdag (“Thursday”) (compare modern Danish torsdag); all from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”), a calque of Latin dies Iovis, equivalent to Þunres (“genitive of the god's name Þunor”) +‎ dæġ (“day”). More at thunder, day. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθursˌdæj/, [ˈθurˠzˌdæj] === Noun === þursdæġ m Thursday ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: Thursday, Thoresday, Thuresday, Thurysday, ÞursdayEnglish: ThursdayMiddle Scots: Thursday, ThurisdayScots: Fuirsday, FoorsdayYola: Thorsdei === See also ===