Flüüge

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German fliuga, from Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ, from *fleuganą (“to fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly, flow, run”). Cognate with German Fliege, German Low German Fleeg, Dutch vlieg, Saterland Frisian Fljooge, English fly.

Noun

Flüüge f

(Uri) housefly, Musca domestica

References

Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co. Page 26.

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