sea

From Middle High German sē, from Old High German sēo, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (“sea, ocean”). Cognate with German See, English sea.


bis

From Middle High German wise, from Old High German wisa, further etymology unknown, perhaps related with Proto-Germanic *wasô, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to increase”). Cognate with German Wiese.


balt

cim-noun

balt m (plural bèllar, diminutive bèllale)

bèllar (plural)
bèllale (diminutive)
balt (nominative singular)
bèllar (definite nominative plural)
balt (accusative singular)
bèllar (accusative definite plural)
balte (dative singular)
bèllarn (dative definite plural)

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

Dar balt rüstet de perghe un ghit herbighe in bögallen.

The forest covers the mountains and shelters the birds.


Bèarn

From Latin Vērōna; further origin uncertain. Hypotheses include ultimate Venetic, Etruscan or Gaulish origins.

De tzimbrise sunga ist gaprechtet in biil lèntlen bon Bèarn noch hòite.

The Cimbrian language is spoken in many villages of Verona even today.

(Sette Comuni) Verona (a city in Veneto, Italy)


Tria

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English

Trento (the provincial capital of Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Leve

Levico Terme (a town in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Lusérn

Although home to a large population of German and Cimbrian speakers, the name could be of romance origin, possibly a derivative of Italian liscio (“smooth, slippery”). Or, from a lost Middle High German word for “mountain pass”.

Bolkhénnt atz Lusérn.

(Luserna) Luserna (a village in Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


pèrge

From Old High German berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz. Compare German Berg, Dutch berg, English barrow, Swedish berg.


Tcénne

(Sette Comuni) Thiene (a city in Veneto, Italy)


Altarkhnotto

altar (“altar”) + khnòtto (“rock”). Named such because it resembles an altar.

(Sette Comuni) A rock formation near Rotzo, said to have been where pagans and druids once performed human sacrifices.


Aspag

(Sette Comuni) Albaredo (a village in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy)


Biin

From Old High German Wenia, of disputed origin. Perhaps from Latin *Vedunia or Vindobona, both from Celtic. Vindobona is perhaps from Gaulish *Windobona, possibly composed of *windos (“white”) (from Proto-Celtic *windos) + *bona (“village; establishment”) (from Proto-Celtic *bonus). Cognate with German Wien.

(Sette Comuni) Vienna (the capital city of Austria)


biiza

biiza f (plural biizen, diminutive bizale)

biizen (plural)
bizale (diminutive)
biiza (nominative singular)
biizen (definite nominative plural)
biiza (accusative singular)
biizen (accusative definite plural)
biizen (dative singular)
biizen (dative definite plural)

From Middle High German wise, from Old High German wisa, further etymology uncertain; perhaps related with Proto-Germanic *wasô, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to increase”). Cognate with German Wiese.


ékke

ékke f (plural ékkar, diminutive ékkalle)


Èssentaal

(Sette Comuni) Val d'Assa (a valley in the Sette Comuni region of northern Italy)


flimm

De flimme zeint gròose pèchar.


Tetsch

Tezze sul Brenta
Tezze sul Brenta#English

Tezze sul Brenta (a town in Veneto, Italy)


Monteruf

Monterovere (a village in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Frattn

Fratte (a village in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Lavròu

Lavarone (a town in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Folgrait

Folgaria (a town in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Hasplkhnott

Campolongo (a town in Treviso, Veneto, Italy)


Brandtal

Vallarsa (a town in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Kalnètsch

Caldonazzo (a town in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Poatzan

Bolzano (the provincial capital of South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Luzèrn

Probably from a Middle High German word for “mountain pass”.

(Sette Comuni) Luserna (a village in Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Rovrait

Rovereto (a city in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


kamou

From Middle High German gemeine, from Old High German gimeinī, a nominalization of the adjective gemeini, from Proto-West Germanic *gamainī, from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz (“shared, communal, common”) Cognate with archaic German Gemeine, Luxembourgish Gemeng.


graabo

In de graaben 's gras is linnor.

In depressions, the grass is more tender.


gruuba

cim-noun

gruuba f (plural gruuben, diminutive grübale)

gruuben (plural)
grübale (diminutive)
gruuba (nominative singular)
gruuben (definite nominative plural)
gruuba (accusative singular)
gruuben (accusative definite plural)
gruuben (dative singular)
gruuben (dative definite plural)

From Middle High German grūbe, gruobe, from Old High German gruoba, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“hole, ditch, pit”). Cognate with German Grube (“pit, mine”), English groove.

inh

In de bèllar zeinta gruuben un grübalen.

In the woods there are large and small ravines.


komàun

komòine (plural)
komàun (nominative singular)
komòine (definite nominative plural)
komàun (accusative singular)
komòine (accusative definite plural)
komàune (dative singular)
komòinen (dative definite plural)