Three Alemannic Etymologies

Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik, vol. 85, pp. 397–402

Abstract

Abstract This article proposes new Indo-European etymologies for three primarily Alemannic dialect words: Swiss German Cheib ‘cadaver’, Felb ‘chaff’ and Nidel ‘cream’. Through the identification of cognates in Balto-Slavic and Indo-Iranian languages, their Proto-Germanic forms are reconstructed and interpreted within a broader Indo-European framework. The analysis demonstrates how conservative Alemannic vocabulary can inform Germanic and Indo-European etymology.

Authors 1

1. Guus Kroonen corresponding Aachen

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, Universiteit Leiden Leiden die Niederlande