Räätrich

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German rātih, from Proto-West Germanic *rādik, from Latin rādīx. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Second r just a chance alteration/assimilation? Or is there more to it?”)

Noun

Räätrich m

(Uri) radish (plant of the Raphanus genus)

References

Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.

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