Where does “rotjoch” come from?
rotjoch (Dutch) comes from Dutch joch, from Dutch jochie, from Dutch jong, from Middle Dutch jonc, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-West Germanic jung, from Proto-Germanic jungaz, from Proto-Germanic juwungaz — vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning.
rotjoch (Dutch): a brat, little pest, unpleasant kid
Definitions
- a brat, little pest, unpleasant kid
Ancestry of “rotjoch”, step by step
rotjoch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch joch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | joch | a young boy |
| 2 | Dutch | jochie | |
| 3 | Dutch | jong | young; new; A young: a young being, especially an... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | jonc | young; most recent |
| 5 | Old Dutch | jung | younger |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | jung | young |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | jungaz | young |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | juwungaz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yuwn̥kós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂yuh₁en- | young |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |