neiwer

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German neiz wer, from Old High German ni + weiz + wēr (literally “I don’t know who”). Compare Old Norse nǫkkurr. Perhaps also cognate with Yiddish ⁧עמעצער⁩ (emetser).

Pronoun

neiwer

(Uri) somebody

References

Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 28.

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