• 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    German Tuesday (Dienstag) roughly translates as duty-day (Dienst-Tag), probably not etymologically, but still.

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      5 months ago

      Etymologically, it derives in some way from the Norse-Germanic war god Tyr (akin to French “mardi”, “day of mars”, ig).

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          I know that World War I started on a Tuesday so that’s 50% of all world wars right there.