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Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German vaschanc, vastschang (literally “the pouring of a drink for the fast”), reinterpreted as vastganc (“parade for the fast”), the "fast" being Lent. Cognate with German Fasching.
Noun
vassonkh m (uncountable)
- (Sette Comuni) Carnival (festival in the week before Lent)
Vassonkh is de sait bénne dar mann och hichelt.- Carnival is the time when even men bray.
References
- “bassonkh” 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