sambaztag

Old High German

Alternative forms

samiztag

Etymology

From Gothic *𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍉 (*sambatō), an alteration (possibly dialectal, via Byzantine Greek *σάμβατον (*sámbaton, “Sabbath”)) of earlier, biblical 𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍉 (sabbatō), from Koine Greek σάββατον (sábbaton), from Hebrew שבת (shabát), possibly from Akkadian 𒊭𒉺𒀜𒌈 (šapattum, “the middle day of the month”). Equivalent to sambaz +‎ tag.

Noun

sambaztag m

Saturday
Synonym: sunnūnābend

Declension

Declension of sambaztag (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	sambaztag	sambaztaga
accusative	sambaztag	sambaztaga
genitive	sambaztages	sambaztago
dative	sambaztage	sambaztagum
instrumental	sambaztagu	—

Related terms

*ariōtag
pferintag, pherintag

Descendants

Middle High German: sameztac, sambeztac, samestdac, sambesttac, sampzdac, samtzdac, samzdac
- Alemannic German:
  Swabian: Samschtig, Samschdich, Samschdig
  
  Italian Walser: samstag, ŝchamschtog, ŝchàmstàg
- Bavarian:
  Bavaria: Samsda
  
  Carinthian: Somstog
  
  Cimbrian: såntzta, samtak, zaastag
  
  Mòcheno: sònsta
  
  Styrian: Saumstog
  
  Udinese: sònstach, sonstach, sonsti
- Kölsch: Samsdach
- German: Samstag
- Luxembourgish: Samschdeg
- Pennsylvania German: Samschdaag
- → Middle Dutch: samsdach, sampsdach
  - Dutch: samsdag

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