Gumel

Alemannic German Alternative forms gsw Gummel Etymology gsw. One theory that has been suggested is that the first potatoes in the canton of Schwyz were cultivated on the farm "Hof Gummi in Röten bei Goldau" in the year 1727.Josef Nikiaus Zehnder: Der Goldauer Bergsturz, Goldau 1988, page 165.Franz Wyrsch: Der Prozess um den Kartoffelzehnten in Küssnacht, 1771, 1994, first paragraphErwin Horat: Ein 'Gummelplätz' am Grossen Mythen, 1997 Another theory suggests a connection between this term and other, similar sounding ones like gsw Bachgummele (an uncommon synonym for gsw Bachbumbele Caltha palustris), gsw Rossgumele (a regional synonym of gsw Rossbolle road apple, gsw Gumme (a rare synonym of gsw Buchsbeeri Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), from which a common meaning of "small, bulbous object" has been derived. Compare also pfl Gumpel Gumpel, Gump, Gummel big, plump nose 1„Gumpel, f.“, Pfälzisches Wörterbuch, digitalisierte Fassung im Wörterbuchnetz des Trier Center for Digital Humanities, Version 01/21, , retrieved 31 October 2021. and also compare the term gsw Chnollenase bulbous nose corm nose (related to de Knollennase 1) which may explain the semantic bridge. Pronunciation gsw /ˈɡuml̩/ Schwyz Noun gsw noun plural Gumel gsw Schwyz potato gsw Härdöpfel Hörpfel gsw https://books.google.ch/books?id=O8oPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Gumel%22 Innerschweizer Schriftsteller: Texte und Lexikon Bruno Stephan Scherer Raeber 9783723900451 1977 126 Am beste isch es, wämme gschwellt Gumel ninnt, die lout lou verchalte, dä dur ä Gumelschysser (= Passevite) trybt und mit emene Hämpfeli Mähl und ere Pryse Salz zumene Teig chnättet. It is best to take boiled potatoes, let them cool down, then push them through a [rotary potato mill] and - with a small handful of flour and a pinch of salt - knead them into a dough. References Further reading 2 307 Gummel "Gumel im Gesicht und auf dem Acker" at srf.ch "Karte 13: Kartoffel" at kleinersprachatlas.ch