frittag

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• fritog, vrittàg, vréitag

Etymology

From Middle High German vrītac, from Old High German frīatag, from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag (literally “Day of Frigg”), a calque of Latin dīes Veneris (“Friday”, literally “day of Venus”).

Cognate with German Freitag, Dutch vrijdag, West Frisian freed, English Friday.

Noun

frittag m

1. (Gressoney, Formazza) Friday

See also

• (days of the week) tag der wòchò; méntag, tschischtag, méttwòchò, fròntag, frittag, samstag, sònntag ^{(Category: gsw:Days of the week)} – Gressoney dialect
• (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