Schmër

See also: Schmer

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German smer, from Old High German smero, from Proto-Germanic *smerwą (“grease, butter, fat”). Cognate with dialectal German Schmer, Luxembourgish Schmier, Dutch smeer, English smear, Swedish smör.

Noun

Schmër m

1. (Uri) fat

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 54.