mittwuchu
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- méttwòchò, mittuchu, mettwucchu, méttwucha
Etymology
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 mitt + wuchu. Cognate with German Mittwoch; compare English midweek, German Low German Middeweek.
Noun
mittwuchu f
- (Carcoforo) Wednesday
See also
- (days of the week) tog der wuchu; meintog, zischtog, mittwuchu, frontog, fritog, ŝchamschtog, ŝchunnutog (Category: gsw:Days of the week) – Carcoforo dialect
- See also: Formazza, Gressoney, Issime, Rimella and Campello Monti
References
- “mittwuchu” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien