Tewesday
Middle English
Alternative forms
- tiwesday, Tiwesday, tywesday
- Tuesday, Tuwisday, twesdaye, twiusdai, Tywysday (Late Middle English)
- Tewisday, Tyisday (Early Scots); Tisday, Tyseday (Northern)
- tywersday (Gloucestershire); Tis-dæi (early Worcestershire)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English tīwesdæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag; the form Tisday is possibly from Old Norse týsdagr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtiu̯(ə)zdæi̯/
- IPA(key): /ˈtiːzdæi̯/ (mostly Northern)
Noun
Tewesday
Descendants
References
- “Tiues-dai, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.