lërne

See also: lerne

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German lernen, from Old High German lernēn, lirnēn, from Proto-Germanic *liznaną, from *lizaną (“to know, understand”), from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to trace, track”). Cognate with German lernen, English learn, Dutch leren, Luxembourgish léieren. Non-Germanic cognates include Kashubian lécha (“garden patch”), Latin līra (“the earth thrown up between two furrows; a ridge”).

Verb

lërne

(Uri) to learn

References

Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 24.

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