öpfil
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- Epfel (Appenzell, Basel, Graubüden (Valendas), Valais)
- Öpfel (Appenzell (Kurzenberg), Bern, Graubünden, Lucerne, St Gallen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Zurich)
- epfel, epfil, effél (Italian Walser)
Etymology
From Middle High German apfel, from Old High German apful, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz. Cognate with German Apfel, Dutch appel, English apple.
Noun
öpfil m
- (Issime) apple
References
- “öpfil” 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