Chachele

From Old High German chachala, from Vulgar Latin *cacculus, from cācabus (“cooking pot”), from Ancient Greek κάκκαβος (kákkabos), ultimately a loanword of Semitic or Pre-Greek origin. Cognate with German Kachel.

Chachele f

1. (Uri) tile for walls and floors

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 56.