Eisten

See also: eisten

Alemannic German

Etymology

From the dative plural of Old High German awist, from Proto-Germanic *awiz (“ewe; sheep”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”).

Proper noun

Eisten ?

1. (Uri) Eisten (a village in Valais canton, Switzerland).

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 62.