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English · Etymology
From Middle English Friday , from Old English frīġedæġ , a compound of Frīġ + dæġ ( “ day ” ) , from Proto-West Germanic * Frījā dag , equivalent to Frigg + day , a calque of Latin diēs Veneris , via an association ( interpretātiō germānica ) of the goddess Frigg with the Roman goddess of love Venus . See also friend .
Compare West Frisian freed , German Low German Freedag , Friedag , Dutch vrijdag , German Freitag , Danish fredag . Old Norse Frigg (genitive Friggjar ), Old Saxon Fri , and Old English Frīġ are derived from Proto-Germanic * Frijjō . Frigg is cognate with Sanskrit प्रिया ( priyā́ , “ wife ” ) . The root also appears in Old Saxon fri ( “ beloved lady ” ) ; in Swedish fria , in Danish and Norwegian as fri ( “ to propose for marriage ” ) ; a related meaning exists in Icelandic as frjá ( “ to love ” ) and similarly in Dutch vrijen ( “ to make love (to have sex) ” ) .
Compare Japanese 金曜日 .
Middle English · Etymology
From Old English frīġedæġ . Forms with -e- are probably after Old Norse freadagr , frjádagr , but may also represent the regular phonological development of frīġedæġ in some dialects.
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