schember

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dschember, from *gimberu,[1] from Raetic *𐌊𐌉𐌌𐌓𐌖 (*kimru, *gimru) (compare Ladin zirm, círum).[2]

Proper noun

schember m

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) arolla pine, Pinus cembra

References
  1. Robert Planta, Rätisches Namenbuch, vol. 2, s.v. "gimberu" (Zürich: 1985), 162.
  2. Johannes Kramer et al., Vocabulario anpezan, 4 vols. (Gerbrunn: 1982-8), 397.
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