stotzig

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German stotzig (“steep”), from stotz, stotze, variants of stutz, stutze, from stutzen, intensive form of stōʒen, from Old High German stōʒan, from Proto-Germanic *stautaną. Cognate with German stotzig.

Adjective

stotzig

1. (Uri) steep

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 32.