epfel

Alemannic German

Alternative forms
  • Epfel (Appenzell, Basel, Graubüden (Valendas), Valais)
  • Öpfel (Appenzell (Kurzenberg), Bern, Graubünden, Lucerne, St Gallen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Zurich)
  • epfil, effél, öpfil (Italian Walser)

Etymology

From Middle High German apfel, from Old High German apful, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz. Cognate with German Apfel, Dutch appel, English apple.

Noun

epfel m

  1. (Formazza) apple

References
  • “epfel” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
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