schroote

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German scrōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *skraudan (“to cut up, shred”).

Verb

schroote

1. (Uri, transitive) to cut, cut up (especially hay)

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 25.