camutsch

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin camōx, camōcis (5th c.), from Gaulish camox (5th c., Polemius Silvius), probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ligurian). Compare also Old High German gamiza (“chamois”) (whence modern German Gämse).

Noun

camutsch m (plural camutschs)

(Sursilvan) chamois

Coordinate terms

(sex): camutscha

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