From a contraction ofMiddle High Germanwīn(“wine”) +mānōt(“month”), referring to this as the month of harvesting grapes for wine. Cognate withGermanWeinmond,Weinmonat. Compare alsoFrenchvendémiaire(the first month of the French Republican Calendar, starting in late September and ending in late October, literally“of the grape harvest”).
bimmat m
- (Luserna)October
- Synonyms:oktòbar,otobre,achte maanont
- djenaro,hochnach
- fevraro,hornung
- martzo,lentz
- abrèl,aprile
- madjo
- sunjo,prachmånat
- ludjo,höbiat
- agosto,snittmånat
- septembre,herbestmånat
- otobre,bimmat
- novembre,bintarmånat
- ditzembre,kristmånat
- “bimmat” inMartalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974),Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo