Fiire

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German firni, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz (“previous; recent”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forth, over, across, through”). Doublet of fëret (“last year”).

Noun

Fiire m

  1. (Uri) firn (a type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)

References
  • “Fiire” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 34.
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