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God Morgen/Good Morning
Well, we reached another Saturday but what are the origins of this day of the week?
"Saturday: Origins of the name
It was named no later than the second century for the planet (Saturn), which controlled the first hour of that day according to Vettius Valens. The planet was named for the Roman god of agriculture Saturn. It has been called dies Saturni ("Saturn's Day"), through which from it entered into Old English as Sæternesdæg and gradually evolved into the word "Saturday".
Saturday is the only day of the week in which the English name comes from Roman mythology.
The English names of all of the other days of the week come from Anglo-Saxon polytheism. The Celtic languages also name this day for Saturn: Irish an Satharn or dia Sathuirn, Scottish Gaelic Disathairne, Welsh dydd Sadwrn, Breton disadorn.
In Scandinavian countries, Saturday is called Lördag or Löverdag etc., the name being derived from the old word laugr (hence Icelandic name Laugardagur), meaning bath, thus Lördag equates to bath-day. This is due to the Viking usage of bathing on Saturdays.
Today, Saturday is officially called Samstag in all German-speaking countries, however, there are two names for this day in modern Standard German. Samstag is always used in Austria, Liechtenstein, the German speaking part of Switzerland and generally used in southern and western Germany. The second name for Saturday in German is Sonnabend, which derives from Old High German sunnunaband, and is closely related to the Old English word sunnanæfen. It means literally "Sun eve", i.e. "The day before Sunday".
Sonnabend is generally used in northern and eastern Germany, and was also the official name for Saturday in East Germany. In the Westphalian dialects of Low Saxon, in East Frisian Low Saxon and in the Saterland Frisian language, Saturday is called Satertag, also akin to Dutch Zaterdag, which has the same linguistic roots as the English word Saturday.
Similarly, the Romance languages follow the Greek usage, so that their word for "Saturday" is also a variation on "Sabbath": the Italian is sabato, the French is samedi, the Spanish and Portuguese is sábado and the Romanian is sâmbătă."
Happy Saturday!/God Lørdag!
To also help start out the day, we have virtual Starbuck's beverages which include Latte', Tazo Tea and Bold Venti, regular tea and decaf tea ... We also have regular coffee, decaf coffee, iced coffee, and iced tea as well ... I just can't squeeze in any more pictures here in cyberspace.
Plus, we have a choice of Heart Smart Food (which now includes porridge) and Krispy Kreme donuts:
So please relax, pull up a chair and chat
with us a bit.
Well, we reached another Saturday but what are the origins of this day of the week?
"Saturday: Origins of the name
It was named no later than the second century for the planet (Saturn), which controlled the first hour of that day according to Vettius Valens. The planet was named for the Roman god of agriculture Saturn. It has been called dies Saturni ("Saturn's Day"), through which from it entered into Old English as Sæternesdæg and gradually evolved into the word "Saturday".
Saturday is the only day of the week in which the English name comes from Roman mythology.
The English names of all of the other days of the week come from Anglo-Saxon polytheism. The Celtic languages also name this day for Saturn: Irish an Satharn or dia Sathuirn, Scottish Gaelic Disathairne, Welsh dydd Sadwrn, Breton disadorn.
In Scandinavian countries, Saturday is called Lördag or Löverdag etc., the name being derived from the old word laugr (hence Icelandic name Laugardagur), meaning bath, thus Lördag equates to bath-day. This is due to the Viking usage of bathing on Saturdays.
Today, Saturday is officially called Samstag in all German-speaking countries, however, there are two names for this day in modern Standard German. Samstag is always used in Austria, Liechtenstein, the German speaking part of Switzerland and generally used in southern and western Germany. The second name for Saturday in German is Sonnabend, which derives from Old High German sunnunaband, and is closely related to the Old English word sunnanæfen. It means literally "Sun eve", i.e. "The day before Sunday".
Sonnabend is generally used in northern and eastern Germany, and was also the official name for Saturday in East Germany. In the Westphalian dialects of Low Saxon, in East Frisian Low Saxon and in the Saterland Frisian language, Saturday is called Satertag, also akin to Dutch Zaterdag, which has the same linguistic roots as the English word Saturday.
Similarly, the Romance languages follow the Greek usage, so that their word for "Saturday" is also a variation on "Sabbath": the Italian is sabato, the French is samedi, the Spanish and Portuguese is sábado and the Romanian is sâmbătă."
Happy Saturday!/God Lørdag!
To also help start out the day, we have virtual Starbuck's beverages which include Latte', Tazo Tea and Bold Venti, regular tea and decaf tea ... We also have regular coffee, decaf coffee, iced coffee, and iced tea as well ... I just can't squeeze in any more pictures here in cyberspace.
Plus, we have a choice of Heart Smart Food (which now includes porridge) and Krispy Kreme donuts:
So please relax, pull up a chair and chat
with us a bit.
But then again - that was maybe the peasants and cotters excuse for not having the time or afford to heat up water more than that
Hubby opened the entrance door and a huge painting fell off the wall. Luckily it was not damaged, but it gave us quite a
scare.
Mark and Alice. I just got home from our outing of the day. I am headed for my bed. Hope everyone has a great weekend.
everyone. This is going to be a slow post, as my right hand has
almost seized up. My fault, as I spent yesterday finishing off all my daughters wedding decorations, boxing and bagging them, then labeling them, just so we
know what everything is.
to all my friends here. I hope your day is good and your weather
better than mine.
morninng all.....waiting for my pain meds to kick in 
but thought i'd say 
and 
California US
This is the one corner of the bed. Not easy to see any details in all
of this, but I love to take close ups of each and everyone.
Water is fun!
What is she up too? 
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