Where does “Fetzen” come from?

Fetzen (German) comes from Middle High German vetze, from Middle High German vazzen, from Old High German vaz, from Proto-Germanic fatą, from Proto-Indo-European pod- — vessel, container.

Fetzen (German): scrap, rag; rags; low-quality, ill-fitting...

Definitions

  1. scrap, rag; rags; low-quality, ill-fitting...

Ancestry of “Fetzen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvetzerag, tatters
2Middle High Germanvazzen—
3Old High Germanvazvessel
4Proto-Germanicfatąvessel, container
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpod-vessel, container
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pod- →