Tuesday in other languages:
French - mardi
Spanish - martes
Italian - martedi
German - Dienstag
Latin - dies Martis
As you can see, all the Romance languages are named after Mars, the Roman god of war and the fourth planet in the solar system. However, English and German are different. Who or what are they named after?
In English, Tuesday is named after the Norse god Tyr, who is the Norse god of combat. So in a way, Tuesday is named after the Roman god Mars, but with a Norse twist.
In German, there is some question that it may be named after Thingus, a Latinized version of a German god who may or may not be the same as Tiw or Tyr in Norse mythology.
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