dontschtag
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Old High German donarstag, from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (literally “day of the thunder god”), a calque of Latin dīes Iovis (“Thursday”, literally “day of Jupiter”). Cognate with German Donnerstag, Dutch donderdag, English Thursday, Swedish torsdag.
Noun
dontschtag m
Synonyms
See also
- days of the week (Formazza dialect): tag der wucha (appendix): mäntag · zischtag · méttwucha · dontschtag · frittag · samstag · sunntag [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