ääne

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German ënen, an inflected form of Old High German jēner (“that, yon”), from Proto-Germanic *jainaz (“that over there, yon”). Cognate to German jener, Dutch geen, English yon, Icelandic -inn, Swedish -en, Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (jains).

Adverb

ääne

1. (Uri) over there

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 35.