Schwyz

English Name of Switzerland ,Canton of + thumb|canton of Schwyz (sense 1) Etymology en :bor de:Schwyz + 1 Proper noun en canton c/Switzerland. en canton of Schwyz en town/capital can/Schwyz c/Switzerland. Translations canton Esperanto: eo Ŝvico French: fr Schwyz Georgian: ka შვიცი German: de Schwyz f Italian: it Svitto Romansh: rm Sviz m Russian: ru Швиц m town French: fr Schwytz Georgian: ka შვიცი, ka შვიცის კანტონი German: de Schwyz n Italian: it Svitto Romansh: rm Sviz See also German de:Kanton + de: thumb|Kanton Schwyz (sense 1) Etymology de gem-pro From de la Suittes (attested 972), perhaps from the de goh - verb goh swīdan to burn, referring to a spot cleared by slash-and-burn, from de gmw-pro *swīþan; compare non svíða to burn, singe. In the High Middle Ages recorded as Swiz or Switz, by the late 15th to early 16th century as Schwitz or Schwytz. The territory of Schwyz (the later canton) is recorded in Middle Latin as la vallis de Switz valley of Schwyz from circa 1300 (Federal Charter). Pronunciation de /ʃviːt͡s/ de De-Schwyz2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de De-Schwyz.ogg Switzerland Proper noun de proper noun f de Schwyz canton c/Switzerland de Kanton Schwyz Proper noun de proper noun n de Schwyz town/capital can/Schwyz c/Switzerland Derived terms de Schwyzer de schwyzerisch See also