dontschtag

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German donarstag, from Proto-Germanic *Þunras dagaz (literally “day of Thor”), a calque of Latin dīes Iovis (“Thursday”, literally “day of Jupiter”). Cognate with German Donnerstag, Dutch donderdag, English Thursday, Swedish torsdag.

Noun

dontschtag m

(Formazza) Thursday

Synonyms

fròntag, vruantag, frontog, vröntàg

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

“dontschtag” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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