Pfiffi

Alemannic German

Etymology

From early Middle High German pfiffiz (“pip”), from Medieval Latin pipīta.

Noun

Pfiffi n

1. (Uri, of chickens) The hardening of the tip of the tongue, a symptom of pip.

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 18.