Uechs

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German uohsa, a variant of ahsa (“axle”), from Proto-Germanic *ahsō. Cognate with German Achse, Dutch as, English axle.

Noun

Uechs f

1. (Uri, anatomy) armpit

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 30.