Gebse
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- Gepse, Geps
Etymology
From Middle High German *gebse, *gebze, from Old High German gebiza, gebita (“dish, bowl, basin, vessel”), probably from Late Latin gabata (“deep dish, platter”). Cognate with Bavarian Gebsa (“bowl, basin, vessel”).
Noun
Gebse f
- (Uri) milk tub
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 14.