Vësper

See also: vesper, and Vesper

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German vesper, from Old High German vespera, from Latin vespera, from vesper (“evening; supper”), from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros (“evening”). Compare English vespers (“sixth canonical hour”), Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos, “evening”), Old Armenian գիշեր (gišer, “night”), Lithuanian vãkaras (“evening”), German West (“west”).

Noun

Vësper f

1. (Uri, Christianity) Vespers (an afternoon Mass or service)

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 50.