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glatscher

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Romansch

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *glaciārium. Equivalent to glatsch +‎ -er. Compare Franco-Provençal gllaciér.

Noun

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glatscher m

  1. glacier
  2. icy spot

Descendants

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  • High Alemannic German: Gletscher
    • German: Gletscher (see there for further descendants)

References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 426a: “il ghiacciaio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • glatscher”, in Dicziunari Rumantsch Grischun (in German)