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Saturn is also how we get Saturday in English.

Wednesday comes from Woden’s Day, an alternative spelling of Odin’s Day.

Which leads us to Thor’s Day: Thursday.

I don’t know where we get from Mars to Tuesday and Venus to Friday though.

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Tuesday and Friday are named for Tyr and Frigg, respectively.

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Oh TYVM!

Tuesday is named after Týr (‘Týr’s day’), rather than Mars, in English and other Germanic languages

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Týr

The English weekday name Friday (ultimately meaning ‘Frigg’s Day’) bears her name.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigg

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