The English weekday name "Friday" comes from Old English'Frīge's Day', a result of interpretatio germanica at or before 3rd or 4th century CE, glossing the Latin weekday name "dies Veneris"' Day of Venus'.
The English weekday name "Friday" comes from Old English'Frīge's Day'and is cognate with Old High German "frîatac". Both weekday names are result of "interpretatio germanica" that occurred at or before the 3rd or 4th century CE, glossing the Latin weekday name "dies Veneris"' Day of Venus'.