mittwuchu

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

méttwòchò, mittuchu, mettwucchu, méttwucha

Etymology

From Middle High German mit(te)woche, from late Old High German mittawehha, a calque of Ecclesiastical Latin media hebdomas (“middle of the week”). Equivalent to mitt +‎ wuchu. Cognate with German Mittwoch; compare English midweek, German Low German Middeweek.

Noun

mittwuchu f

(Carcoforo) Wednesday

See also

(days of the week) tog der wuchu; meintog, zischtog, mittwuchu, frontog, fritog, ŝchamschtog, ŝchunnutog ^{(Category: gsw:Days of the week)} – Carcoforo dialect

See also: Formazza, Gressoney, Issime, Rimella and Campello Monti

References

“mittwuchu” 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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