donarestag

Old High German

Alternative forms

• thonarestag

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“Thursday”).

Noun

donarestag m

1. Thursday

Descendants

• Middle High German: donerstac
  • German: Donnerstag
    • → Pennsylvania German: Dunnerschdaag
  • Luxembourgish: Donneschdeg
  • Vilamovian: dunyśtaog
  • Yiddish: דאָנערשטיק (donershtik)

See also

Days of the week in Old High German · wëhhūntagā (layout · text)
mānotag	ziestag	mittawehha	donarestag	frīatag	sambaȥtag, sunnūnābend	sunnūntag, frōnotag

Further reading

• “Donnerstag”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• Karg-Gasterstädt, Elisabeth; Frings, Theodor; et al., editors (1952–2022), “thonarestag”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, via Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig