sunntag

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• ŝchunnutog, sònntag, sunnatag, ŝchuntàg

Etymology

From Middle High German sunnentac, sunntac, sunnetac, suntac, from Old High German sunnuntag, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnōn dag, a calque of Latin diēs Sōlis (“Sunday”, literally “day of the sun”). Equivalent of sònnò +‎ tag. Cognate with German Sonntag, Dutch zondag, English Sunday, Icelandic sunnudagur.

Noun

sunntag m

1. (Formazza) Sunday

See also

• days of the week (Formazza dialect): tag der wucha (appendix): mäntag · zischtag · méttwucha · dontschtag · frittag · samstag · sunntag ^[edit]

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