Thursday meaning.
Thursday, the fourth day of the week, between Wednesday and Friday.
The origin of Thursday comes from the Old English word punresdaeg ,
this meaning "Day of Thunor", a rough Germanic equivalent to the Latin Iovis Dies, "Jupiter's Day".
Other european languages use an equivalent, German Donnerstag, Dutch donderdag, torsdag in
Scandinavia, Italian giovedì, Spanish jueves, French jeudi, Catalan dijous, and Romanian joi.
In the majority of Indian Languages the word for Thursday is Guruvar, Guru being the Sanskrit name for the planet Jupiter.
In Slavic languages and in Chinese, Thursday is simply "fourth", being the fourth day of the week.
Greek uses a number for Thursday, Pémpti, "Fifth," and Portuguese, too, uses a number for this day, quinta-feira, "fifth day", in these countries
Sunday is the first day of the week, thus moving Thursday out to the fifth day.
Thursday:
- Dutch ~ Donderdag
- French ~ Jeudi
- German ~ Donnerstag
- Italian ~ Giovedì
- Portugese ~ Quinta-feira
- Spanish ~ Jueves
Thursdays child has far to go,
Childrens nursery rhyme.