Gaufflete

== Alemannic German == === Etymology === From Gaufel (“empty hand”), from Middle High German goufe (“empty hand”), from Old High German goufana, from Proto-Germanic *gaupnō- (“hollow (of the hand)”), probably related to *geupaną (“to be hollow”), from Pre-Germanic *geuppan-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰewb(ʰ)- (“to bend, stoop, move”) (Lithuanian gaubti (“to vault, cover”), Albanian gaboj). Cognate with Cimbrian gòffala, Old Norse gaupn (“empty hand”) (whence Scottish English gowpen (“double handful”)). === Noun === Gaufflete f (Uri) handful === References === Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 28.