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.

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