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

  1. a brat, little pest, unpleasant kid

Ancestry of “rotjoch”, step by step

rotjoch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch joch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchjocha young boy
2Dutchjochie
3Dutchjongyoung; new; A young: a young being, especially an...
4Middle Dutchjoncyoung; most recent
5Old Dutchjungyounger
6Proto-West Germanicjungyoung
7Proto-Germanicjungazyoung
8Proto-Germanicjuwungaz
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyuwn̥kós
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂yuh₁en-young
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ey-vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning

via Dutch rot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchrotrotten, spoiled, decayed, putrid; rotten,...
2Middle Dutchrotte
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ey-