Romansch edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From dschember, from *gimberu,[1] from Raetic *𐌊𐌉𐌌𐌓𐌖 (*kimru, *gimru) (compare Ladin zirm, círum).[2]

Proper noun edit

schember m

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) arolla pine, Pinus cembra

References edit

  1. ^ Robert Planta, Rätisches Namenbuch, vol. 2, s.v. "gimberu" (Zürich: 1985), 162.
  2. ^ Johannes Kramer et al., Vocabulario anpezan, 4 vols. (Gerbrunn: 1982-8), 397.