epfel

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Epfel (Appenzell, Basel, Graubüden (Valendas), Valais)
Öpfel (Appenzell (Kurzenberg), Bern, Graubünden, Lucerne, St Gallen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Zurich)
epfil, effél, öpfil (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

epfel m

(Formazza) apple

References

Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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