Unknown. One theory that has been suggested is that the first potatoes in thecanton of Schwyz were cultivated on the farm "HofGummi in Röten bei Goldau" in the year 1727.[1][2][3] Another theory suggests a connection between this term and other, similar sounding ones likeBachgummele (an uncommon synonym forBachbumbele(“Caltha palustris”)),Rossgumele (a regional synonym ofRossbolle(“road apple”),Gumme (a rare synonym ofBuchsbeeri(“Arctostaphylos uva-ursi”)), from which a common meaning of "small, bulbous object" has been derived. Compare alsoPalatine GermanGumpel, Gump, Gummel(“big, plump nose”)[4] and also compare the termChnollenase(“bulbous nose”, literally“corm nose”) (related toGermanKnollennase) which may explain the semantic bridge.
Gumel (pluralGumel)
- (Schwyz)potato
- Synonyms:Härdöpfel,Hörpfel
1977, Bruno Stephan Scherer,Innerschweizer Schriftsteller: Texte und Lexikon[4], Raeber,→ISBN, page126:Am beste isch es, wämme gschwelltGumel 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 boiledpotatoes, 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.
- ^Josef Nikiaus Zehnder:Der Goldauer Bergsturz, Goldau 1988, page 165.
- ^Franz Wyrsch:Der Prozess um den Kartoffelzehnten in Küssnacht, 1771, 1994, first paragraph[1]
- ^Erwin Horat:Ein 'Gummelplätz' am Grossen Mythen, 1997[2]
- ^„Gumpel, f.“,Pfälzisches Wörterbuch, digitalisierte Fassung imWörterbuchnetz des Trier Center for Digital Humanities, Version 01/21,[3], retrieved 31 October 2021.
