Wäntele
Alemannic German
Etymology
Perhaps dissimilated from Middle High German wantlūs (“bug, bedbug”, literally “wall-louse”), from Old High German wantlūs (“bedbug”).
Noun
Wäntele f
- (Uri) bedbug
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 15.