biart

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German wirt, from Old High German *wirt, from Proto-Germanic *werduz (“host”). Doublet of Luserna dialect birt (“innkeeper”). Cognate with German Wirt (“innkeeper”).

Noun

biart m (feminine biarta)

1. (Sette Comuni) master, owner

   An biart ist net hiart. ― A master is not a servant.

References

• “biart” 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