Meaning and Origin
What does the name Tuesday mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
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- A submission from Georgia, U.S. says the name Tuesday means "Tuesday, coming from 'Tiw's Day'; derived from the German god Tiwaz, or Tyr, and when derived from Proto-Indo-European base translates to dei-, *deya-, *didya- which can mean 'To Shine'".
Etymology: OE. Tewesday, AS. Tiwes dæg the day of Tiw the god of war; akin to OHG. Zio, Icel. Tȳr, L. Jupiter, Gr. Zey`s;, cf. OHG. Ziostac Tuesday, G. Dienstag, Icel. Tȳsdagr. √244. See Deity Day, and cf. Jovial
- The third day of the week; the second working day
From Middle English Tewesday, from Old English tīwesdæġ (“Tuesday”), from Proto-Germanic *Tīwas dagaz (“Tuesday”, literally “Tiw's Day”), from *Tīwaz (“Tyr, god of war”) + *dagaz (“day”). This was a Germanic interpretation of Latin diēs Martis, itself a translation of Ancient Greek Ἄρεως ἡμέρα (Áreōs hēméra) (interpretātiō rōmāna). Cognate with Scots Tysday (“Tuesday”), Saterland Frisian Täisdai (“Tuesday”), West Frisian tiisdei (“Tuesday”), dialectal German Ziestag (“Tuesday”), Danish tirsdag (“Tuesday”), Swedish tisdag (“Tuesday”). More at Tyr, day.
- The of the week in many religious traditions, and the of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.