chamutsch

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1 Romansch

Romansch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

(Sursilvan) camutsch
(Sutsilvan, Surmiran) tgamutsch
(Puter, Vallader) chamuotsch

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin camōx, camōcis (5th c.), from Gaulish camox (5th c., Polemius Silvius), probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ligurian). Compare also Old High German gamiza (“chamois”) (whence modern German Gämse).

Noun[edit]

chamutsch m (plural chamutschs)

(Rumantsch Grischun) chamois

Coordinate terms[edit]

(sex): chamutscha

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