Tscholle

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German zolle, from Old High German zolla, scolla, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō (“shell, husk, rind”). Cognate with German Scholle, Dutch schol, English shell, Icelandic skel.

Noun

Tscholle f

1. (Uri) floe

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 55.