'Thursday' comes from Old English 'Þunresdæġ', literally "Thor's day".
While the modern god name 'Thor' was borrowed from Old Norse 'Þórr', the part 'Thurs-' in 'Thursday' directly descends from the genitive case of the Old English counterpart 'Þunor'.
Click the video to listen to how the day name evolved. The Middle English to Early Modern English stages are based on the dialect of the region of London.
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