Zutz
Alemannic German
Etymology
From zutze (“to hiss, as a result of toothlessness”). Sense 2 refers to the toothlessness of babies.
Noun
Zutz m (Uri)
- (mildly derogatory) a toothless old person
- (mildly derogatory) the youngest child in a family
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 51.