Chimmi

See also: chimmi

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German kinni, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“chin, jaw, cheek”).

Noun

Chimmi n

1. (Uri, anatomy) chin

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 18.