grüazan

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• grüusan (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German grüezen, from Old High German gruozzen, from Proto-West Germanic *grōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną (“to make cry; to scold; to address something or someone”). Cognate with German grüßen, English greet.

Verb

grüazan (auxiliary håm)

1. (Luserna) to greet

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien