Monday - Moon Day
Tuesday - Tiu's Day
Wednesday - (W)oden's Day
Thursday - Thor's Day
Friday - Freya's Day
Saturday - Saturn's Day
Sunday - Sun Day
The Roman's named the days of the week after their gods, and when the Germanic peoples took the Roman calendar, they replaced the names of the Roman gods with the names of their Germanic gods e.g. "Mars" became "Tiu", "Mercury" became "Oden/Woden", "Jupiter" became "Thor" and "Venus" became "Freya". The names for "moon" and "sun" were translated literally for "Monday" and "Sunday". "Saturday" still preserves the name of the Roman god "Saturn" though.
Hi.
At first I learned the meaning of Monday when I learned Italian.in italian Monday is Lunedi. It comes from Latin language. Luna is Moon.
"The seven-day week originates from the calendar of the Babylonians, which in turn is based on a Sumerian calendar dated to 21st-century B.C. Seven days corresponds to the time it takes for a moon to transition between each phase: full, waning half, new and waxing half. Because the moon cycle is 29.53 days long, the Babylonians would insert one or two days into the final week of each month."
http://www.livescience.com/45432-days-of-the-week.html
Apparently it goes back to the Sumerians.
