Romansch
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Alternative forms
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Etymology
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From dschember, from *gimberu,[1] from Raetic *𐌊𐌉𐌌𐌓𐌖 (*kimru, *gimru) (compare Ladin zirm, círum).[2]
Proper noun
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schember m
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) arolla pine, Pinus cembra
References
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- ^ Robert Planta, Rätisches Namenbuch, vol. 2, s.v. "gimberu" (Zürich: 1985), 162.
- ^ Johannes Kramer et al., Vocabulario anpezan, 4 vols. (Gerbrunn: 1982-8), 397.