Wald

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Wald m (plural Wälder, diminutive Wäldli)

From Middle High German walt, from Old High German wald, from Proto-West Germanic *walþu. Cognate with German Wald, Dutch woud, English wold, Icelandic völlur.


Gülle

From Middle High German gülle (“puddle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *guljō, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeyh₁- (“to gape, yawn”), whence Proto-Germanic *gīnaną. Cognate with German Gülle (“liquid manure”), Cimbrian gülla (“vomit”), also Middle Low German gōle (“swamp”), Swedish göl (“puddle”), dialectal Norwegian gyl (“cleft”), and Finnish kulju (“quagmire”) (which was borrowed from North Germanic).


Meer

From Middle High German mere, mer, from Old High German meri, from Proto-West Germanic *mari. Cognate with German Meer, Dutch meer (“lake”), English mere (“sea, lake”).


Gand

Borrowed from ganda, of an unknown Romance language, probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia origin (possibly Iberian). See also Galician gándara.

(Uri) scree (loose stony debris on a slope)


Dütschland

From Middle High German Diutschlant, compound word formed from phrasings like diutsch lant n, diutsche lant n, in diutscheme lande n, ze diutischeme lande n, (in) diutschiu lant n pl. Cognate with German Deutschland, Dutch Duitsland, West Frisian Dútslân, English Dutchland, Swedish Tyskland, Icelandic Þýskaland.

Dütschland isch e föderalische Staat in Öiropa.


Neidorf

(Alsatian) Village-Neuf (a village in Alsace, France)


Hinige

(Alsatian) Huningue (a town in Alsace, France)


Schluecht

Cognate with German Schlucht; see there for more.


Züri

From Old High German Zurih, from Latin Turicum, probably ultimately from a Gaulish personal name.

Züri isch di grööscht Stadt vo de Schwiiz.

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland.


Chur

→ German: Chur

→ English: Chur

From Romansch Cuira, Cuoira, Cuera, Coira, Cuoira, from a Celtic language cŭria ("tribe, kin"), from earlier *korjā, *korā, which is attested in many place names. The often cited derivation from Latin cūria (“senate”) is widely discredited as the first vowel in the Romansh name cannot be inherited from the long Latin ū.

Chur (a town, the capital of Graubünden canton, Switzerland).


Wiis

From Middle High German wīs, wīse, from Old High German wīsa, from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (“wise”, adj). Cognate with German Wiese.

(card games) run, sequence, set (of cards, especially in the game of jass)


Bäärg

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Bäärg m (plural Bäärge, diminutive Bäärgli)

From Middle High German bërc, from Old High German berg. Compare German Berg, Dutch berg, English barrow, Swedish berg.

I myner Buebzyt im Land Glaris hani albigs underwägs zum Dorfschuelhuus e San Galler Bäärg vor Auge gha.

1966, Georg Thürer, “Tulipane”, in Rund umme Blattetisch, page 84:

In my boyhood in Glarus-land, I always had a St Gallen mountain before my eyes on the way to the village schoolhouse.


Tall

From Middle High German tal, from Old High German tal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą. Cognate with German Tal, Dutch dal, English dale, Swedish dal.


Liachtaschta

Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)


Schwiiz

From Old High German Suittes (attested 972), perhaps from the verb suedan (“to burn”), referring to a spot cleared by slash-and-burn, from Proto-Germanic *swīþaną; compare Old Norse svíða (“to burn, singe”). See German Schwyz for more.

D'Schwiiz isch en Staat in Mittelöiropa.

Switzerland is a country in Central Europe.

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


Vadoz

Vaduz (a town and municipality, the capital city of Liechtenstein)


Schaa

Schaa isch d grööscht Gmänd vo Liachtaschtä.
Schaan is the largest municipality in Liechtenstein.

Schaan (the largest municipality in Liechtenstein)


Eschtrych

From Middle High German Osteriche, from Old High German Ostarrîchi, from *ōst (“east”) + rīhhi (“kingdom”). Cognate with German Österreich.

Eschtrych isch e mittelöiropäische Binnestaat mit rund 8,5 millionen Yywohner.

Austria is a Central European landlocked country with around 8,5 million people.


Bärn

Uncertain. Folk etymology connected it to Bär(in) (“bear”), but a Celtic origin is more likely, such as a connection to Verona or Proto-Celtic *berna (“cleft”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to carve out, cut”). More at Bern.

der

Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)


Sood

From Middle High German sōt, from Old High German *soud, *sōd, from Proto-Germanic *sauþaz (“well, pit”). Cognate with German Low German Sood, English seath, Norwegian saud, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (sauþs).


Gefell

From Middle High German gevelle (“fall, chasm”), from Old High German gefelli (“collapse”), a collective form of val (“fall”). Equivalent to ge- + Fall (“fall”). Cognate with German Gefälle (“slope, incline”).


Felli

(Uri) A steep and dangerous drop-off often found in mountainous areas.


Hubel

From Middle High German hübel, from Old High German hibel. Cognate with regional German Hubbel.


Büel

From Middle High German bühel, from Old High German buhil, further etymology unknown; perhaps related to Proto-West Germanic *beugan (“to bend”). Cognate with German Bühel.


Stafel

From Latin stabulum (“dwelling, habitation”), or from a more recent Romance descendant.

(Uri) The name of several fields in the Urseren area of Switzerland.


Heeli

From Middle High German hüle, from Old High German hulī. Equivalent to hol (“hollow”) + -i. Cognate with German Höhle.


Oschpidall

Ultimately from Latin hospitaculum (“lodging-house, inn”).

der

(Uri) Hospental (a town in Uri canton, Switzerland)


Eisten

From the dative plural of Old High German awist, from Proto-Germanic *awiz (“ewe; sheep”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”).

(Uri) Eisten (a village in Valais canton, Switzerland).


Chämlete

(Uri) Chämleten/Kemmleten (a village in Hospental, Uri canton, Switzerland)


Gursche

(Uri) Gurten (a mountain in the Jura Mountains, Switzerland)


Plangge

Ultimately from Latin plānum (“plain; level ground”), from plānus (“level, flat, even”).


Üf der Matt

(Uri) Andermatt (a village in Uri canton, Switzerland).


Frialp

(Uri, archaic) Realp (a village in Uri canton, Switzerland).


Kàmpelj

(Rimella and Campello Monti) Campello Monti


Chalchoufe

(Carcoforo) Carcoforo (a village in Piedmont, Italy)


Greschòney zer Chilchu

(Gressoney) Gressoney-Saint-Jean (a town in Aosta Valley, Italy)


Im Land

(Italian Walser) Alagna Valesesia, a village in Piedmont, Italy.


Pomatt

Uncertain, but likely of Germanic origin as the city was founded by Walsers. For the second element compare modern German Matte (“meadow, grassland”).

(Formazza) Formazza (a village in Piedmont, Italy)


Greschòney Drifaltigkeit

(Gressoney) Gressoney-La-Trinité (a town in Aosta Valley, Italy)


Eischeme

From Medieval Latin Ixima, from the earlier Roman name, Latin Axima, a name said to be of Celtic origin. Compare Italian Issime.

(Issime) Issime (a village in Aosta Valley, Italy)


Breagaz

Bregenz (the capital of and third largest city in the state of Vorarlberg, Austria)

Bregenz (an administrative district in the state of Vorarlberg, Austria)

Bregenz (a municipality in the district of Bregenz in the state of Vorarlberg, Austria)


Bludaz

Bludenz (a town in the state of Vorarlberg, Austria)

Bludenz (an administrative district in the state of Vorarlberg, Austria)

Bludenz (a municipality in the district of Bludenz in the state of Vorarlberg, Austria)


Aargou

From Old High German Aaregau (“Aargau”), compound of Aare + Gau.