The origin of the names of the days of the week is undoubtedly one of the most curious questions for a linguist, historian, culturologist or ordinary layman. In Russian, the name of each of the days comes from Old Slavonic words and has a special meaning.
The root of the word Monday is "Monday," which means "after the week." In this case, it is not only the beginning of a new week that is meant. A week (from the words "not to do" - to rest) in pre-Christian times was called Sunday. "Tuesday", as you might guess, comes from the word "second". "Wednesday" is cognate with the words "heart" and "middle". As in most languages, this name denoted the middle of the week - but this was only when it began on Sunday. That is, these days Wednesday no longer corresponds to its name. According to some reports, the environment was originally called the "arbiter". Why has this name not been preserved? Obviously, for the reason that the middle itself was endowed with a special meaning. Thursday - from the word "four", by analogy with Tuesday, this name is due to the serial number. “Friday”, at first glance, also comes from a number, from the word “five”. Indeed, the name implies that this day of the week would not be called "Friday" but "Friday". Saturday is another ancient Slavic word, once borrowed from the ancient Greek ("Sabbaton"), and in the ancient Greek it got from the Hebrew (Sabbath). Curiously, “Shabbat,” as the word should be pronounced, translates as “the seventh day” and denotes the day when one should refrain from all work. The word "Sunday", of course, arose much later than the rest of the names and changed the name of the day "week" with the adoption of Christianity in Russia. It comes from the verb "resurrect" and denotes the day on which Jesus was resurrected.
