ruusse
Alemannic German
Etymology
Either inherited from Old High German rūzzan (“to snore”) or borrowed from Italian russare (“to snore”), itself perhaps from Lombardic (h)rūzzan (“to snore”).
Verb
ruusse (Uri)
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 63.