Vësper
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Alemannic German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vesper, from Old High German vespera, from Latin vespera, from vesper (“evening; supper”), from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros (“evening”). Compare English vespers (“sixth canonical hour”), Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos, “evening”), Old Armenian գիշեր (gišer, “night”), Lithuanian vãkaras (“evening”), German West (“west”).
Noun
[edit]Vësper f
- (Uri, Christianity) Vespers (an afternoon Mass or service)
References
[edit]- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 50.
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- Alemannic German terms inherited from Old High German
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- Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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