Gaufflete

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Gaufel (“empty hand”), from Middle High German goufe (“empty hand”), from Old High German goufana. Cognate with Cimbrian gòffala, Old Norse gaupn (“empty hand”) (whence Scottish English gowpen (“double handful”)).

Noun

Gaufflete f

1. (Uri) handful

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 28.