Zutz

Alemannic German

Etymology

From zutze (“to hiss, as a result of toothlessness”). Sense 2 refers to the toothlessness of babies.

Noun

Zutz m (Uri)

1. (mildly derogatory) a toothless old person
2. (mildly derogatory) the youngest child in a family

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 51.