Määntig

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Mändig, mäntag, Mäntig, meintog, méntag, miantag, mìntàg

Etymology

From Middle High German māntac, from Swiss Old High German mānintag, from Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag (literally “day of the moon”), a calque of Latin diēs Lūnae. Cognate with Dutch maandag, English Monday, German Montag, Icelandic mánudagur, Swedish måndag.

Noun

Määntig m

1. (Uri) Monday

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 23.