mìntàg
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- Määntig, mäntag, meintog, méntag, miantag
Etymology
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
mìntàg m
- (Rimella and Campello Monti) Monday
See also
- (days of the week) tàg der wucchu; mìntàg, zischtàg, mettwucchu, vröntàg, vrittàg, ŝchàmstàg, ŝchuntàg (Category: gsw:Days of the week) – Rimella and Campello Monti dialect
- See also: Carcoforo, Formazza, Gressoney, Issime
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