Lizum
Lizum (emphasized on -zum , from Graubünden Romanesque lozza : "mud, kotlache", from Latin lutum : "excrement") means Alm as part of an Alm name. The meaning results from the originally muddy nature of this pasture area . The alpine name Kotalm used in Tyrolean German is comparable with this .
The Alm name occurs in Austria in
- Axamer Lizum , an area near Axams and
- Wattentaler Lizum , an area near Wattenberg
literature
- Johannes Kramer : Italian language and literature at the turn of the millennium: Contributions to the colloquium in honor of Ignazio Toscani. Buske Verlag, 2002, p. 210 ( limited preview in Google book search).