Waaffe

See also: Waffe

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German wāfan (“weapon”), from Proto-Germanic *wēpną (“weapon”). Cognate with Dutch wapen, English weapon, German Waffe, Icelandic vopn.

Noun

Waaffe n

1. (Uri) tool

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 22.