leew
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Alemannic German
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Old High German lāo ("warm"), from Proto-Germanic *hlēwaz ("lukewarm"). Cognate with German lau ("lukewarm"), obsolete English lew ("sunny, warm"), Dutch lauw ("lukewarm"), Icelandic hlýr ("warm").
Adjective
[edit ]leew
- (Urseren) lukewarm
References
[edit ]- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 23.
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