Romansch Alternative forms schiember (Sursilvan) dschember (Puter, Vallader) Etymology From dschember, from *gimberu,[1] from Raetic *𐌊𐌉𐌌𐌓𐌖 (*kimru, *gimru) (compare Ladin zirm, círum).[2] Proper noun schember m (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. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.