Sernftal: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Revision as of 14:21, 4 January 2011 edit Dbachmann (talk \| contribs) 227,714 edits No edit summary ← Previous edit		Latest revision as of 12:22, 14 June 2024 edit undo GleisReis (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users 8,415 edits →References: added See also section
(18 intermediate revisions by 13 users not shown)
Line 1: {{coord\|46.961\|N\|9.171\|E\|display=title}} [[Image:~~Escher_Sernftal~~Escher Sernftal.jpg\|thumb\|Matt im Sernftal 13 July 1811, painting by [[Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth]]]] [[Image:Escher Martinsloch.jpg\|thumb\|Glarner Hauptüberschiebung, Martinsloch, painting by Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth]] {{More citations needed\|date=January 2023}} The '''Sernftal''' or ''Kleintal'' is an [[~~Swiss~~Glarus Alps\|alpine]] valley ofwithin [[Glarus Süd]], in the [[canton of Glarus]], [[Switzerland]]. It is formed by the '''Sernf''', a right tributary of the [[Linth]]. Situated in the Sernftal are the villages of [[Elm, Switzerland\|Elm]] (977 m) and [[Engi, Switzerland\|Engi]] (812 m). The [[Panix Pass]] at 2407 m connects the Sernftal with the [[anterior Rhine]] valley in [[Grisons]]. ==Geography== Line 11 ⟶ 10: ==Name== The name ''[[:wikt:Sernf\|Sernf]]'' (earlier also ''Sernft'') is of pre-Germanic origin, either Celtic or an example of [[Old European hydronymy]]. It derives from a hypothetical ''Sarnivos'', containing a [[PIE]] root ''ser'' "to flow". <ref> Johannes Hoops, Heinrich Beck, ''[[Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde]]'', Volume 32, s.v. "Vorgermanisch/Vorindogermanisch", p. 607. </ref> The name of the Sernf river has received some attention in German online culture as the "fifth [[:wikt:Category:German words ending in -nf\|German word in ''-nf'']]", ~~so identified~~popularized by [[Bastian Sick]] in his blog. The word ''fünf'' "five" is the only genuinely German word with this ending, the others are early loanwords, including ''Hanf'' "hemp" (from ''kánnabis'') and ''Senf'' "mustard" (from ''sinapis''), and the toponym ''Genf'' "[[~~Geneva~~Spiegel Online]]", ~~from ''Genava''~~blog.<ref> [http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/zwiebelfisch/0,1518,315962,00.html Zwiebelfisch-Abc: fünf Wörter auf -nf]; the online discussion can be traced to 2002 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20020206070146/http://www.w-akten.de/begrifflichkeiten.shtml archive.org link])</ref> The word ''fünf'' "five" is the only genuinely German word with this ending, the others are early loanwords, including ''Hanf'' "hemp" (from ''kánnabis'') and ''Senf'' "mustard" (from ''sinapis''), and the toponym ''Genf'' "[[Geneva]]", from ''Genava''. ==See also== * [[List of valleys of the Alps]] * [[List of rivers of Switzerland]] ==References== {{~~reflist~~Reflist}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Valleys of Switzerland]] [[Category:Valleys of the Alps]] [[Category:~~Aar~~Rivers ~~basin~~of Switzerland]] [[Category:~~Canton of Glarus~~Aare]] [[Category:Landforms of the canton of Glarus]] ~~[[de:Sernftal]]~~