Murmete

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Murmende (Bern)

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin mūris montānus (literally “mountain rat”), perhaps via Italian murmontana, or from Old High German muremunto, murmunto. Compare English marmot.

Noun

Murmete f

(Uri) marmot

Synonyms

Mungge

References

Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 19.

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