zéischtag
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- tschischtag, zischtag, zischtog, zischtàg
Etymology
From Middle High German zīestac, zīstac, from Old High German zīostag, from Proto-Germanic *Tīwas dagaz (“Tuesday”, literally “day of Tiw”), a calque of Latin dīes Martis (literally “day of Mars”). Cognate with German Ziestag, West Frisian tiisdei, English Tuesday, Faroese týsdagur, Swedish tisdag.
Noun
zéischtag m
- (Issime) Tuesday
See also
- (days of the week) tag der wuchu; miantag, zéischtag, mittuchu, vruantag, vréitag, samstag, sunnatag (Category: gsw:Days of the week) – Issime dialect
- See also: Carcoforo, Formazza, Gressoney, Rimella and Campello Monti
References
- “zéischtag” 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