miantag

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Määntig, mäntag, meintog, méntag, mìntàg

Etymology

From Middle High German māntac, from Swiss Old High German mānintag, from Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag (literally “day of the moon”), a calque of Latin diēs Lūnae.

Cognate with Dutch maandag, English Monday, German Montag, Icelandic mánudagur, Swedish måndag.

Noun

miantag m

1. (Issime) Monday

See also

• days of the week (Issime dialect): tag der wuchu (appendix): miantag · zéischtag · mittuchu · vruantag · vréitag · samstag · sunnatag ^[edit]

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