méttwòchò
Alemannic GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German mit(te)woche, from late Old High German mittawehha, a calque of Ecclesiastical Latin media hebdomas (“middle of the week”). Equivalent to métt + wòchò. Cognate with German Mittwoch; compare English midweek, German Low German Middeweek.
NounEdit
méttwòchò f
See alsoEdit
- (days of the week) tag der wòchò; méntag, tschischtag, méttwòchò, fròntag, frittag, samstag, sònntag (Category: gsw:Days of the week) – Gressoney dialect
- See also: Carcoforo, Formazza, Issime, Rimella and Campello Monti
ReferencesEdit
- 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