Palangge

Alemannic German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian palanca (“board”), from Vulgar Latin *palanca, from Latin phalanga, itself from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx).

Noun

Palangge f

(Uri) A large piece of wood; a board.

References

Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 49.

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