Saturday, however, still harks back to the original Roman name for that day, Dies Saturni.
Nobody is quite sure why; perhaps there was no equivalent Germanic god. And, strangely, the Old Norse name for the day was Laugardagr, which means bathing day...
A lasting mystery. (source: https://twitter.com/culturaltutor/status/1630001040450887681)
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