biiza

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Cimbrian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German wise, from Old High German wisa, further etymology uncertain; perhaps related with Proto-Germanic *wasô, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (to increase).[1] Cognate with German Wiese.

Noun[edit]

biiza f (plural biizendiminutive bizale) (Sette Comuni)

  1. grass, lawn
  2. meadow
    De biizen grüunt.The meadows are becoming green.

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References[edit]

  • “biiza” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 3276, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 3276