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Interestingly, Bulgarian (and by extension probably all Slavic languages) don't follow this model. (translations based on word roots) Monday - ponedelnik - "a

• yan 17y ago
  Russian is very very similar save for Sunday, which is "voskresenya", which roughly translates to (i think) "the resurrection." "Nedelia" translates to "week," but I've never thought about it as meaning "no work" which it almost also does in Russian.
  • jarek 17y ago
    Knowing Polish and learning Russian had me do a couple of double-takes on days of the week. We call Sunday "niedziela" and the week "tydzień". I guess identifying Sunday with the week makes some sense, and one of the languages just switched it around at some point. I always thought of "niedziela" as coming from "nie dzielić" / "не делить" / "no dividing/separating", though it doesn't really make sense as name for the day.
• shrikant 17y ago
  Sanskrit (and hence Hindi and Tami;l) largely does. would clarify more but a bit too drunk now to tyep too ciherentyl. sorry. just thought you should know before i forgot in the morning..