schember

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Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dschember, from *gimberu,[1] from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Raetic *𐌊𐌉𐌌𐌓𐌖 (*kimru, *gimru) (compare Ladin zirm, círum).[2].

Proper noun

schember m

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) arolla pine, Pinus cembra

References

  1. ^ Robert Planta, Rätisches Namenbuch, vol. 2, s.v. "gimberu" (Zürich: 1985), 162.
  2. ^ Johannes Kramer et al., Vocabulario anpezan, 4 vols. (Gerbrunn: 1982-8), 397.