Heidëchsli

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Heidenëchsli

Etymology

From Heidëchs +‎ -li (“diminutive suffix”). Heidëchs from Middle High German eidëhse, from Old High German egidehsa, from Proto-Germanic *agiþahsijǭ, from *agiz (“lizard, snake”) + *þahsuz (“badger”). Cognate with German Eidechse, German Low German Eevtaske, Dutch hagedis, English ask (“eft, newt”).

Noun

Heidëchsli n

1. (Uri) lizard

References

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