Masche

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German masche, from Old High German masca, from Proto-West Germanic *maskā.

Cognate with German Masche, Dutch maas, English mesh, Swedish maska. Perhaps borrowed from another Germanic language (such as Standard German), as expected inherited form is *Mäsche.

Noun

Masche f (Uri)

1. mesh
2. stitch

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 13.