Cimbrian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German chīche, kīche (asthma), from kīchen (to cough). Cognate with obsolete German Keiche.[1]

Noun

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khaicha f

  1. (Sette Comuni) asthma

References

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  1. ^ keiche” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Further reading

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  • “khaicha” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo