Wäntele

Alemannic German

Etymology

Perhaps dissimilated from Middle High German wantlūs (“bug, bedbug”, literally “wall-louse”), from Old High German wantlūs (“bedbug”).

Noun

Wäntele f

1. (Uri) bedbug

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 15.