TIL: Today I Learned

[Takhisis]

My last revelation, when I was in Italy, was that Monday means "Moon day" (guess that makes sense, after the Sun-Day).
Realized that because it's Lunedi in Italian. Never thought about this before.

TYL segment:
See interpretatio germanica. The Romans got the seven-day week from the Greeks (does anyone other than Owen know why a nundinum lasts eight days, not nine?) and just changed the names of the days (one for each god-star-planet) to fit, then the primitive Germans did the same again.

 

[Arakhor]

Month comes from the same root too.

 

[The_J]

I only realized via Dutch ^^, because there Monday is Maandag, and month is Maand.

EDIT: I wonder why they actually have a 7 day week in Asia too.
Wiki says that in Japan, it was adopted under Meiji due to Western influence, but that doesn't explain the rest of Asia.

Unless everyone had the same idea to split a month into 4.
EDIT: Wiki says got to China via trade from the greeks.

TYL segment:
See interpretatio germanica. The Romans got the seven-day week from the Greeks (does anyone other than Owen know why a nundinum lasts eight days, not nine?) and just changed the names of the days (one for each god-star-planet) to fit, then the primitive Germans did the same again.

I guess I'd have to check that, because in German that makes only sense for Mon/Fr/So (and Wednesday just being litterally the middle of the week; EDIT In other languages from Wodan), and in English only for Mon/Sa/So (unless I guess Friday also derives from Freya? EDIT: Comes apparently from Frig instead, but works also. Thursday is thunder day or Thor's day, which also works in German).

 

[Takhisis]

I wonder why they actually have a 7 day week in Asia too.

Because the Gregorian calendar has been adopted in all but a handful of countries around the world. Even in islamic theocratic countries, e.g. Iran, the calendars are synchronised, it's just that the non-working days (‘weekend’) are shifted to Thursday-Friday (remember that the day starts at dusk) for religious purposes.

 

[The_J]

That again is not a suprise to me, given that the 7 days week predates Islam and was then already part of the daily life.
(unless I'm messing up some timelines)

 

[sophie]

My last revelation, when I was in Italy, was that Monday means "Moon day" (guess that makes sense, after the Sun-Day).
Realized that because it's Lunedi in Italian. Never thought about this before.

Yep, as Takh noted, the Germans just copied the Roman calendar wholesale:

Dies Lunae - Day of the Moon - Monday
Dies Martis - Day of Mars - Tuesday [Tiu/Tyr - Germanic war god]
Dies Mercurii - Day of Mercury - Wednesday [Woden/Odin - Germanic god of commerce and travelers]
Dies Iovis - Day of Jupiter - Thursday [Þunor/Thor - Germanic thunder/storm god]
Dies Veneris - Day of Venus - Friday [Frigg/Freyja - Germanic god of beauty and lust]
Dies Saturni - Day of Saturn - Saturday (direct translation)
Dies Solis - Day of the Sun - Sunday

A lot of Romance languages adopted from Latin an alternative word for Sunday, usually referencing the fact that Sunday was the Lord's Day (Dies Dominica - domingo, dimanche, domenico, etc.), and likewise the fact that Saturday was the historical sabbath - sábado, samedi, sabato, etc.

I don't speak Greek, someone else can do those equivalents.

 

[Lohrenswald]

Dies Lunae - Day of the Moon - Monday
Dies Martis - Day of Mars - Tuesday [Tiu/Tyr - Germanic war god]
Dies Mercurii - Day of Mercury - Wednesday [Woden/Odin - Germanic god of commerce and travelers]
Dies Iovis - Day of Jupiter - Thursday [Þunor/Thor - Germanic thunder/storm god]
Dies Veneris - Day of Venus - Friday [Frigg/Freyja - Germanic god of beauty and lust]
Dies Saturni - Day of Saturn - Saturday (direct translation)
Dies Solis - Day of the Sun - Sunday

Dies Irae
Dies Illa
Solvet saeclum in favilla
Teste David cum Sibylla

 

[Synobun]

Dies Irae
Dies Illa
Solvet saeclum in favilla
Teste David cum Sibylla

How lewd!

 

[Takhisis]

I don't speak Greek, someone else can do those equivalents.

Modern:
Κυριακή - Δευτέρα - Τρίτη - Τετάρτη - Πέμπτη - Παρασκευή - Σάββατο
Lord's - 2nd - 3rd - 4th - 5th - Preparation - Sabbath
Ancient:
(ἡμέρα) Ἡλίου - Σελήνης - Ἄρεως - Ἑρμοῦ - Διός - Ἀφροδίτης - Κρόνου
(day) + Genitive form of: Hēlios (Sun), Selēnē (Moon), Arēs, Hermēs, Zeus, Aphrodítē, Krónos.

Want the months?

 

[Lohrenswald]

How lewd!

Quantus tremor est futurus,
Quando Judex Moderator est venturus,
Cuncta stricte discussurus!

 

[Traitorfish]

You actually think the average CFCer should be able to understand what you just said, much less draw the connection between uncia and oz on their own?

If there's one place on the internet where people are likely to follow winding Medieval etymologies, it's surely CFC.

 

[Lohrenswald]

cfc is intelectual

 

[Takhisis]

cfc is intelectual

Raves thread is that way --->

 

[Lohrenswald]

Raves thread is that way --->

every thread is a rave thread for someone as enlightened by their inteligence as me

 

[Takhisis]

I am as enlightened by my intelligence as you.

btw are you saying it in a bored drawl as your avatar suggests?

 

[Lohrenswald]

btw are you saying it in a bored drawl as your avatar suggests?

Don't you remember her name?

 

[Takhisis]

…Tensai Saku-chan?

 

[W|M]

TIL there's a Brazilian municipality which has a name which translates to ''Don't Touch Me'', and people from there are ''Dont-Touch-Me-an''

 

[Mouthwash]

TIL... well, see for yourself.

 

[civvver]

TIL you're not supposed to rinse after brushing your teeth because the fluoride takes time to strengthen your enamel and must remain on your teeth to have full effect.