Etymograph

English

Monday

Monday comes from Old English mōnandæġ ‘day of the moon’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- ‘to burn’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰegʷʰ-‘to burn’root as named
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*mānini dagreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150mōnandæġ‘day of the moon’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Monday
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1943same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰegʷʰ-‘to burn’root as named
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*mānini dagreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150mōnandæġ‘day of the moon’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Monday
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1943same form

Earliest quotation: 1943, – 1944 February, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair]: “Mr. Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, […] would…”

Formed from Moon + day

Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s ‘moon, month’

Proto-Germanic *mēnô

Proto-West Germanic *mānō

Old English mōna

Middle English Mone

English Moon

Proto-Germanic *dagaz

Proto-West Germanic *dag

Old English dæġ ‘day’

Middle English day ‘a day’

English day

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- ‘to burn’

day, dear, fever, dawn, darling, daw, febrile, foment, 20 more

Today it means

noun The second day of the week in many religious traditions, and the first day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm. It follows Sunday and precedes Tuesday.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- / Monday

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