ŝchi

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• si, sii, siin, sinh

Etymology

From Old High German sīn (“to be”) (with some inflections from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”) and *beuną (“to be, exist, become”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be, exist”). Cognate with German sein.

Verb

ŝchi

1. (Carcoforo, Rimella and Campello Monti) to be

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