schwiine

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German swīnen, from Old High German swīnan, from Proto-Germanic *swīnaną. Cognate with Middle Dutch and Middle Low German swînen, Old Norse svína. Relation with Proto-Germanic *swindaną (whence German schwinden etc.) is formally problematic and thus uncertain.

Verb

schwiine

1. (Uri) to decrease, dwindle

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 82.