Every Thursday I go swimming from 1-4pm.
Thursday was named after the Norse god of Thunder, Thor.
Hopefully there isn't thunder or rain when I go swimming this Thursday.
Thursday
Thursday is the day of the week between Wednesday and Friday. According to the ISO 8601 international standard, it is the fourth day of the week. In countries that adopt the "Sunday-first" convention, it is the fifth day of the week.
Name.
"See Names of the days of the week for more on naming conventions. "
Name Thor's (Jupiter's) day.
The name is derived from Old English "Þūnresdæg" and Middle English "Thuresday" (with
, German "Mittwoch", Low German "Middeweek" and Finnish "keskiviikko" all mean mid-week.
- Thursday: Old English "Þūnresdæg" (), meaning 'Þunor's day'. Þunor means thunder or its personification, the Norse god known in Modern English as Thor. Similarly Dutch "donderdag", German "Donnerstag" ('thunder's day'), Finnish "torstai", and Scandinavian "Torsdag" ('Thor's day'). Thor's day corresponds to Latin