What is the meaning of the names of the days of the week and months of the year?

This was followed in almost all the languages as per astronomy.


Sunday - Day of Sun


Monday - Day of Moon


Tuesday - Day of planet Mars


Wednesday - Day of planet Mercury


Thursday - Day of planet Jupiter


Friday - Day of planet Venus


Saturday - Day of planet Saturn





Remnants of the Anglo-Saxon gods remain in the English language names for days of the week:





Tiw, the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Tyr, the god of war: Tuesday


Woden, the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Odin, the one-eyed wise god of storms and the dead: Wednesday


脼unor, the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Thor, the thunder god: Thursday


Frige, the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Freya, the love-goddess: Friday

What is the meaning of the names of the days of the week and months of the year?
Most languages connect each day of the week with one of the seven "planets" of the ancient times: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.
Reply:Most of the days of the week are named after gods in the Anglo-Saxon (Old English) pantheon (which is almost identical to the Old Norse Pantheon)...with the exception of Sunday and Monday which are named after the Sun and the Moon, and Saturday which is from Roman mythology.





Sunday - Sun's Day (OE: Sunnad忙g or Sunnand忙g)


Monday - Moon's Day (OE: Monand忙g)


Tuesday - Tiw's (Tyr's) Day (OE: Tiwesd忙g)


Wednesday - Wodens's (Odin's) Day (OE: Wodnesd忙g)


Thursday - Thunor's (Thor's) Day (OE: 脼unresd忙g)


Friday - Frige's (Frigg's) Day (OE: Friged忙g)


Saturday - Saturn's Day (Roman mythology)





The months of the year are mostly derived from names in Roman history and mythology.





January - Janus (Roman god)


February - Juno Februata (Roman goddess)


March - Mars (Roman god)


April - the name's origin is disputed, but most likely comes from a hypothetical god named Aprus


May - Maia (actually a Greek goddess who identifies the Roman goddess Bona Dea)


June - Juno (Roman goddess)


July - Julius Caesar (Roman emperor)


August - Octavian Augustus (Roman emperor)


September - septem (Latin word for "seven")


October - octo (Latin word for "eight")


November - novem (Latin word for "nine")


December - decem (Latin word for "ten")