ruusse

Alemannic German

Etymology

Either inherited from Old High German rūzzan (“to snore”) or borrowed from Italian russare (“to snore”), itself perhaps from Lombardic (h)rūzzan (“to snore”).

Verb

ruusse (Uri)

1. to snore
2. to grunt

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 63.