blaaw

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz. Cognate with Dutch blauw, English blow (“blue”), German blau, Icelandic blár, West Frisian blau.

Adjective

blaaw

1. (Uri) blue

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 22.