gruuss

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German grōz (“great”), from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“coarse, crude; big, large”). Compare German groß, Dutch groot, West Frisian grut, English great.

Adjective

gruuss

(Uri) very large

References

Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 25.

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