Very early in learning a language, you’re going to learn numbers and days of the week. If you’re going to memorize such things, you might as well get a few others words from the experience and help yourself remember which day is which.
S | niedziela | nie + dzieło (no + work) |
M | poniedziałek | po + niedziałek (after + Sunday) |
T | wtorek | wtórny (secondary) Second day after Sunday |
W | środe | środek (middle) Middle of the week |
Th | czwartek | czwarty (fourth) Fourth day after Sunday |
F | piątek | piąty (fifth) Fifth day after Sunday |
Sa | sobota | seems derived from the word Sabbath or Shabbat |