I'm curious as to why they kept "sábado" and "domingo," because their weekdays go "second, third, ... "
my guess is that it's to do with the (pre-15th century, at least) jewish population in portugal--i.e. sabado (=sabbath) and the practice of numbering weekdays...if that's the case, then "domingo" (lord's day) would be for the christians.
it is unusual, though, as most romance languages name their days after planets and their corresponding gods (sun, moon, mars, mercury, jupiter, venus, saturn). so do the celtic languages, for the most part.
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Date: 2007-01-03 01:40 am (UTC)my guess is that it's to do with the (pre-15th century, at least) jewish population in portugal--i.e. sabado (=sabbath) and the practice of numbering weekdays...if that's the case, then "domingo" (lord's day) would be for the christians.
it is unusual, though, as most romance languages name their days after planets and their corresponding gods (sun, moon, mars, mercury, jupiter, venus, saturn). so do the celtic languages, for the most part.