zischtag

See also: zischtàg

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• tschischtag, zischtog, zischtàg, zéischtag

Etymology

From Middle High German zīestac, zīstac, from Old High German zīostag, from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (“Tuesday”, literally “day of Tiw”), a calque of Latin dīes Martis (literally “day of Mars”).

Cognate with German Ziestag, West Frisian tiisdei, English Tuesday, Faroese týsdagur, Swedish tisdag.

Noun

zischtag m

1. (Formazza) Tuesday

See also

• (days of the week) tag der wucha; mäntag, zischtag, méttwucha, dontschtag, frittag, samstag, sunntag ^{(Category: gsw:Days of the week)} – Formazza dialect

See also: Carcoforo, Gressoney, 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