Kalvraitag
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From a variant of Middle High German karvrītac, from kar (“lamentation; mourning”) + vrītac (“Friday”). kar is from Old High German kara, chara, from Proto-West Germanic *karu, from Proto-Germanic *karō (“lamentation; sorrow; care”). Compare German Karfreitag.
Declension
Further reading
- “Kalvraitag” 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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