英文词源
- Wednesday
- Wednesday: [OE] The Romans called the middle day of the week Mercurii diēs ‘Mercury’s day’ (source of French mercredi, Italian mercoledì, and Spanish miercoles). The Germanic peoples equated Mercury with their own god Woden or Odin (whose name may etymologically mean the ‘inspired or mad one’), and they translated the Latin term accordingly, giving Dutch woensdag, Swedish and Danish onsdag, and English Wednesday.
- Wednesday (n.)
- fourth day of the week, Old English wodnesdæg "Woden's day," a Germanic loan-translation of Latin dies Mercurii "day of Mercury" (compare Old Norse Oðinsdagr, Swedish Onsdag, Old Frisian Wonsdei, Middle Dutch Wudensdach). For Woden, see Odin.
Contracted pronunciation is recorded from 15c. The Odin-based name is missing in German (mittwoch, from Old High German mittwocha, literally "mid-week"), probably by influence of Gothic, which seems to have adopted a pure ecclesiastical (i.e. non-astrological) week from Greek missionaries. The Gothic model also seems to be the source of Polish środa, Russian sreda "Wednesday," literally "middle."
中文词源
Wednesday（星期三）：北欧神话的主神奥丁
在北欧神话中，奥丁（Odin，古英语为Woden）是阿萨神族的至高神，是诸神之父，世界的统治者。他曾以一人之力冒险闯入冥界，为人类取得古文字，从而拥有大量知识，并因此而失去一只眼睛。
在北欧神话中，奥丁身形高大，身披金甲，骑八足神马，手持名枪“冈尼尔” (Gungnir)，居住在“英灵殿”（Valhalla，瓦尔哈拉）中。据说凡是在战争中英勇战死的武士，死后都能进入英灵殿，共同迎接“诸神的黄昏” 中最后的决战。因此北欧武士在战场上都视死如归，以死后能进入英灵殿为荣。
英语中的星期三就是以主神奥丁命名的，英语单词Wednesday来自古英语单词wodnesdaeg，字面意思就是Woden’s day（奥丁之日）。
Wednesday：['wenzdeɪ; -dɪ]n.星期三
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：Wednesday 词源，Wednesday 含义。
Wednesday：星期三
来自古英语wodnesdaeg,即Woden’s day,来自日耳曼主神Woden，对应罗马主神Jupiter.
Wednesday：星期三
古罗马的Mercurius(墨丘利神)是众神的信使,相当于古斯堪的纳维亚语中的Odin(Woden);墨丘利神日(Dies Mercuri)在古斯堪的纳维亚语中被翻译成了Wodensdaeg → Wednesday。
Wednesday：星期三
在古英语中Wednesday（星期三）原作Wōdnesdaeg，意即Woden's day。Woden乃日耳曼战神Tyr之父，相当于罗马神话里的商业之神Mercury。古罗马人以Mercury来命名星期三，把星期三叫做Mercurii diēs。其实，英语Wōdnesdaeg就是译自该拉丁词，只是译借时把Mercury换成Woden而已。相应的法语词mercredi（星期三）亦源于此。
Wednesday：星期三
来自古英语 wodnesdaeg,即 Woden's day,来自日耳曼主神 Woden,对应罗马主神 Jupiter.