mutz

See also: Mutz

Alemannic German

Etymology

Perhaps related to German Mutz (“animal with cut-off tail”), which is from Middle Low German mutten (“to cut short, trim; stop short”).

Adjective

mutz (Uri)

  1. short
  2. brief, quick

References
  • “mutz” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 52.
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