mäntag

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Määntig, meintog, méntag, 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

mäntag m

1. (Formazza) Monday

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