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5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months agoGerman Tuesday (Dienstag) roughly translates as duty-day (Dienst-Tag), probably not etymologically, but still.
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5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months agoGerman Tuesday (Dienstag) roughly translates as duty-day (Dienst-Tag), probably not etymologically, but still.
dogsoahC@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Etymologically, it derives in some way from the Norse-Germanic war god Tyr (akin to French “mardi”, “day of mars”, ig).
5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
Ah yes, the war day. I wonder how many wars started on a Tuesday?
VonReposti@feddit.dk 5 months ago
I know that World War I started on a Tuesday so that’s 50% of all world wars right there.