laugardagr

Old Norse

Etymology

From late Proto-Germanic *laugōz dagaz, equivalent of laug (“pool”) +‎ dagr (“day”), literally "bathing day". Cognate to English lye.

Noun

laugardagr m

Saturday

Descendants

Old Danish: løghærdagh
- Danish: lørdag
Faroese: leygardagur
Icelandic: laugardagur
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: lørdag
- Nynorsk: laurdag
Old Swedish: løghardagher
- Swedish: lördag
Finnish: lauantai (borrowed)
Estonian: laupäev (borrowed)

References

laugardagr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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