frittag

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• fritog, vrittàg, vréitag

Etymology

From Middle High German vrītac, from Old High German frīatag, from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag (literally “Day of Frigg”), a calque of Latin dīes Veneris (“Friday”, literally “day of Venus”).

Cognate with German Freitag, Dutch vrijdag, West Frisian freed, English Friday.

Noun

frittag m

1. (Gressoney, Formazza) Friday

See also

• days of the week (Gressoney dialect): tag der wòchò (appendix): méntag · tschischtag · méttwòchò · fròntag · frittag · samstag · sònntag ^[edit]

• 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