èssan

See also: essän

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German ëzzen, from Old High German ezzan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną. Cognate with German essen, Dutch eten, English eat, Icelandic eta.

Verb

èssan (strong class 5 , third-person singular present indicative isset, past participle ghèsset, auxiliary haban)

  1. (Sette Comuni) to eat

Conjugation

References

  • “èssan” 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
  • “èssan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
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