méntag

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Määntig, mäntag, meintog, miantag, mìntàg

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

méntag m

1. (Gressoney) Monday

See also

• (days of the week) tag der wòchò; méntag, tschischtag, méttwòchò, fròntag, frittag, samstag, sònntag ^{(Category: gsw:Days of the week)} – Gressoney dialect

See also: Carcoforo, Formazza, Issime, Rimella and Campello Monti

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