Where does “Arsch” come from?

Arsch (German) comes from Middle High German ars, from Old High German ars, from Proto-West Germanic ars, from Proto-Germanic arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁orsos — arse.

Arsch (German): arse, posterior, buttocks; arse

Definitions

  1. arse, posterior, buttocks; arse

Ancestry of “Arsch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanars—
2Old High Germanarsanus
3Proto-West Germanicarsarse, anus, buttocks
4Proto-Germanicarsazarse/ass, anus, buttocks
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁orsosarse

Words derived from “Arsch”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁orsos →