schnìj
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- Schnee, schnee, schné, schnia, schnei
Etymology
From Middle High German snē, from Old High German snēo from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (“snow”). Cognate with German Schnee, Dutch sneeuw, English snow, Icelandic snær.
Noun
schnìj m
- (Rimella, Campello Monti) snow
References
- “schnìj” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien