Понедельник и Луна

[RawonaM]

(wiki/en) Monday

The English noun Monday derived sometime before 1200 from monedæi [......] The Germanic term is a Germanic interpretation of Latin lunae dies ("day of the moon").
[...] In most of the Indian Languages, the word for Monday is Somvar, with Soma being the Sanskrit name for the moon. The Japanese word for Monday is getsuyōbi (月曜日) which means day of the moon.

Естественно японское и корейское слово происходят от китайского.

Есть ли связь между между западными и восточными названиями или случайность?

[Damaskin]

(wiki/en) Monday

The English noun Monday derived sometime before 1200 from monedæi [......] The Germanic term is a Germanic interpretation of Latin lunae dies ("day of the moon").
[...] In most of the Indian Languages, the word for Monday is Somvar, with Soma being the Sanskrit name for the moon. The Japanese word for Monday is getsuyōbi (月曜日) which means day of the moon.

Естественно японское и корейское слово происходят от китайского.

Есть ли связь между между западными и восточными названиями или случайность?

В китайском названия дней недели отличаются от японских и корейских. И появились сравнительно недавно, с проникновением европейской культуры. Принцип наименования у японцев и корейцев: солнце - луна - пять элементов. Сомневаюсь, что здесь имеется европейское влияние.

[Woozle]

"Сомневаюсь, что здесь имеется европейское влияние. "

Japanese Days of the Week: the 'Seven Luminaries'
'Sun day'  'Moon day'  'Fire day'  'Water day'  'Wood day'  'Gold day'  'Earth day' 

The obvious question is: could there be a historical link between the 'seven luminaries' and the 'seven planets' of Western and Middle Eastern antiquity?

The answer is, yes. The most commonly accepted theory is that the use of the seven planets originated in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, was adopted by the Greeks and Romans, and then found its way to China. However, the specific route and timing is not clear. The Cihai (辞海), a Chinese encyclopaedia, carries the following entry for 七曜历 (七曜歴) qī yào lì, or 'seven luminaries calendar':

七曜历 qī yào lì, i.e., method of recording days according to the 七曜 qī yào. China normally observes the following order: sun, moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn. Seven days make one week, which is repeated in a cycle. Originated in ancient Babylon (or ancient Egypt according to one theory). Used by the Romans at the time of the 1st century AD, later transmitted to other countries. This method existed in China in the 4th century. It was also transmitted to China by Manichaeans in the 8th century from the country of Kang (康) in Central Asia (Note 3: The country of Kang).

The earliest use of the 'seven luminaries' (七曜 qī yào) is attributed by Cihai to Fan Ning (範寧 / 范宁), a scholar who lived from AD 339-401. Tellingly, the Chinese 'seven luminaries' were arranged in the same order as the Middle Eastern planetary names for days of the week, and not in the classic order of the Chinese five elements, which put water before fire.
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The modern Chinese names for the days of the week are based on a simple numerical sequence. The word for 'week' is followed by a number indicating the day: 'Monday' is literally 'week one', 'Tuesday' is 'week two', etc. The exception is Sunday, where 天 tiān or 日 rì, both meaning 'day', are used instead of a number (日 rì is somewhat more formal than 天 tiān).

Although the Western-style week is a modern phenomenon in China, the names of the Western days of the week were known from antiquity. The nomenclature of the seven planets -- naming of the days after the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn -- had come overland from the West in the first millennium AD, resulting in a system of names translated into Chinese.
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[RawonaM]

Woozle, спасибо! Откуда цитата?

[antbez]

Добавлю, что понедельник- "день луны"- и по-тибетски. А "ороксологической" связи, может быть, и нет!

[Hellerick]

Приведенная Wozle'ом цитата не отвечает на поставленный вопрос. Да, у китайцев существовали представления о тех же семи "планетах", что и в западном мире. Но полное совпадение с латинским (но не английским) порядком дней недели (которое, в свою очередь восходит к еврейской астрологии) это объяснить не может. Представляется, что западные названия были заимствованы вместе с самой идеей семидневной недели, а то, что это не противоречило китайской космологии, не имело принципиального значения.