öpfil

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Epfel (Appenzell, Basel, Graubüden (Valendas), Valais)
• Öpfel (Appenzell (Kurzenberg), Bern, Graubünden, Lucerne, St Gallen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Zurich)
• epfel, epfil, effél (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

öpfil m

1. (Issime) apple

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