neiwis
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- näimis, nöimis
Etymology
From Middle High German neißwaß, from Old High German *newizzwaz, from ne (“not”) + wizzān (“to know”) + wēr (“what”). Compare Proto-Slavic *ničьto (literally “not what”).
Pronoun
neiwis
- (Uri) something
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 28.