Peace in the Asiago Plateau and Other Germanic Languages of Italy in a Daily Dose of Peace

A Daily Dose of Peace. Each week, I focus on Love, Joy, and Peace in the world languages. February’s third week focuses on words of peace in Asiago, Italy with Cimbrian.

Asiago Plateau, home of Asiago cheese and Cirmbrian Vride, Bride and Friide Peace poetry with Kimberly Burnham Photo by Daniele Buso on Unsplash

Peace in the Home of Asiago Cheese

Seven Siben Komoin or Sette Comuni
or Altopiano dei Sette Comuni
form a Cimbrian enclave
in the Veneto region of north-east Italy

A mountainous territory rise up
to 2300 metres
known as the Asiago Plateau
the city of Asiago
gave name to the cheese

Peace in Cimbrian
a dialect of Upper German
“vride”, “bride” or “friide”
from Middle High German “vride”
Old High German “fridu”
Proto-West Germanic “*friþu”
Proto-Germanic “*friþuz”
meaning peace and sanctuary
similar to the German “friede”
and Old English “frith”

Make the sound of the letters
“Br” “Fr” and “Vr”
hear the similarities and differences

Cimbrian (cim-000), Tzimbro, Tàuc’, Zimbar [ˈt͡simbɐr], Zimbrisch, Cimbro, Zimbern,, a West Germanic language — “Bride” (peace), “Vride”, (peace), “Friede” (peace), “Friide” (peace) from Proto-Germanic “Friþuz” (peace), “Fridu” (peace), “Pace” (peace) from latin and italian — Italy (Northeastern Italy, Trentino, Veneto, Luserna (Lusern) in Trento Province; disappearing in Giazza (Ljetzan) in Verona Province and in Roana (Rowan) in Vicenza Province; recently extinct in several other locations in the region; an outlying dialect of Bavarian.

Asiago Plateau peace poetry Bride, Vride, Friide with Kimberly Burnham Photo by Jez Timms on Unsplash

Originally Published in Finding Peace in Italy, a Travel and Meditation Journal and Peace Poetry Dictionary, The Meaning of Peace and Calm in 5000 Languages on February 24, 2021.