ziestag

Old High German

Alternative forms

• ciesdac (Alemannic)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (“Tuesday”, literally “Tiw's Day”). This form is a standardized form of the sole attestation, which is Alemannic ciesdac. Others reconstruct a lemma *ziostag instead.

Noun

ziestag m

1. Tuesday

Descendants

• Middle High German: zīestac, zīstac
  • Alemannic German: Ziischtig, Zischtig, Zischdi

    Italian Walser: tschischtag, zischtag, zischtog, zischtàg, zéischtag

    Swabian: Zaischdich, Zischtig, Zeischdig

  • German: Ziestag