Murmete

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Murmende (Bern)

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin mūris montānus (literally “mountain rat”), perhaps via Italian murmontana, or from Old High German muremunto, murmunto. Compare English marmot.

Noun

Murmete f

1. (Uri) marmot

Synonyms

• Mungge

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 19.