chamutsch

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

chamutsch m (plural chamutschs)

(Rumantsch Grischun) chamois

Coordinate terms

(sex): chamutscha

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