mittuchu

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

méttwòchò, mittwuchu, 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

mittuchu f

(Issime) Wednesday

See also

(days of the week) tag der wuchu; miantag, zéischtag, mittuchu, vruantag, vréitag, samstag, sunnatag ^{(Category: gsw:Days of the week)} – Issime dialect

See also: Carcoforo, Formazza, Gressoney, 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

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