Thursday "xoves" and Romanian "joi". This is also reflected in the p-Celtic Welsh "dydd Iau". The astrological and astronomical sign of the planet Jupiter (♃) is sometimes used to represent Thursday. Since the Roman god Jupiter was identified with Thunor (Norse Thor in northern Europe), most Germanic languages name the day after this god: "Torsdag" in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, "Hósdagur"/"Tórsdagur" in Faroese, "Donnerstag" in German or "Donderdag" in Dutch. Finnish and Northern Sami, both non-Germanic (Uralic) languages, uses the borrowing "Torstai" and "Duorastat". In the extinct Polabian Slavic language, it was "perundan", Perun being the Slavic equivalent of Thor. There
Y Dydd Chronicle (1954). Y Dydd Y Dydd (established by Samuel Roberts in 1868) was a weekly liberal Welsh language newspaper that was distributed in North Wales. 'Y Dydd' contained general political and religious news and opinions. The paper briefly merged with 'Tyst Cymreig' to form 'Tyst a'r Dydd'; however, it reverted to 'Y Dydd' a year later. In 1954, 'Y Dydd' merged with 'Corwen Chronicle and Border Advertiser'. In 1992, 'Y Dydd' again became a separate publication. 'Y Dydd' was published by William Hughes. Associated titles: Tyst Cymreig (1870); Tyst a'r Dydd (1871); Corwen Chronicle and Border Advertiser (1954); Y Dydd