dontschtag

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German donarstag, from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (literally “day of the thunder god”), a calque of Latin dīes Iovis (“Thursday”, literally “day of Jupiter”). Cognate with German Donnerstag, Dutch donderdag, English Thursday, Swedish torsdag.

Noun

dontschtag m

1. (Formazza) Thursday

Synonyms

• fròntag, vruantag, frontog, vröntàg

See also

• (days of the week) tag der wucha; mäntag, zischtag, méttwucha, dontschtag, frittag, samstag, sunntag ^{(Category: gsw:Days of the week)} – Formazza dialect

See also: Carcoforo, Gressoney, Issime, Rimella and Campello Monti

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien