sambaztag

Old High German

Alternative forms

• samiztag

Etymology

From Gothic *𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍉 (*sambatō), an alteration (possibly dialectal, via Byzantine Greek *σάμβατον (*sámbaton, “Sabbath”)) of earlier, biblical 𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍉 (sabbatō), from Koine Greek σάββατον (sábbaton), from Hebrew שבת (shabát), possibly from Akkadian 𒊭𒉺𒀜𒌈 (šapattum, “the middle day of the month”). Equivalent to sambaz +‎ tag.

Noun

sambaztag m

1. Saturday

   Synonym: sunnūnābend

Declension

Declension of sambaztag (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	sambaztag	sambaztaga
accusative	sambaztag	sambaztaga
genitive	sambaztages	sambaztago
dative	sambaztage	sambaztagum
instrumental	sambaztagu	—

Related terms

• *ariōtag
• pferintag, pherintag

Descendants

• Middle High German: sameztac, sambeztac, samestdac, sambesttac, sampzdac, samtzdac, samzdac
  • Alemannic German:

    Swabian: Samschtig, Samschdich, Samschdig

    Italian Walser: samstag, ŝchamschtog, ŝchàmstàg

  • Bavarian:

    Bavaria: Samsda

    Carinthian: Somstog

    Cimbrian: såntzta, samtak, zaastag

    Mòcheno: sònsta

    Styrian: Saumstog

    Udinese: sònstach, sonstach, sonsti

  • Kölsch: Samsdach
  • German: Samstag
  • Luxembourgish: Samschdeg
  • Pennsylvania German: Samschdaag
  • → Middle Dutch: samsdach, sampsdach
    • Dutch: samsdag